Or was it around before this?
2006-10-02 01:36:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
I am aware of the meaning of the word! I have seen the show (there's a clue in my Avatar name!). I just want to know if the word was around before Red Dwarf.
2006-10-02 01:49:06 · update #1
No, it featured on The Young Ones before Red Dwarf, but the Dwarf made it their own. It comes from the word smegma, which basically means knob cheese.
2006-10-02 01:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It originates from the word smegma meaning soap I think in Greek and it can refer to a milky discharge around the penis or the vagina...I guess from there it changed into an insult on Red Dwarf and a damn fine one at that! It has also been credited to Monty Python's Flying Circus as well. Go figure eh?
2006-10-02 01:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by jt1isme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok the word 'smeg' was widely used and popularised in the Dwarf series, however it came from the word 'smegma' which - this is the gross bit - is the white cream/discharge that gathers round the foreskin of a penis.
2006-10-02 01:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by The Dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was 'invented' or rather used first by Red Dwarf. It actually comes, if i remember rightly, from the word 'smegma' look it up in a dictionary ;)
2006-10-02 01:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an electrical manufacturer, Italian I think, that make cookers, fridge-freezers, washing machines,sinks, dishwashers ...
I first saw their name when the BBC2 series Ready Steady Cook used their gas hobs!
(According to WIkipedia, Smeg was founded in 1948 in Italy, and the name stands for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla. BORING!)
2006-10-02 01:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by david4thelord 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope the word smeg on the show is based on the word smegma apparantly
2006-10-02 01:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it comes from the word smegma which is the stuff thhat collects under the the tip of the penis
2006-10-02 01:39:15 · answer #7 · answered by tfd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was a scouse word been around 4 years
2006-10-02 01:40:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No no SMEG fridges and appliances have been around forever
2006-10-02 01:38:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Its been around since the Late 70's at least !!.
2006-10-02 01:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by Richard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋