LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoThoughts on this list?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageThoughts on this list?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agowait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf???
minus-squareHermitBee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoWell “smeg” is just from Red Dwarf but “smegma” is an actual word, and that’s where they got the word from. They needed a futuristic swear word - Lister can’t be someone who doesn’t swear, but this was 1980s BBC - and they came up with that.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agostill. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight.
wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf???
Well “smeg” is just from Red Dwarf but “smegma” is an actual word, and that’s where they got the word from. They needed a futuristic swear word - Lister can’t be someone who doesn’t swear, but this was 1980s BBC - and they came up with that.
still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight.