▲ 130 ▼ Thoughts on this list? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone) submitted 11 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/casualuk@feddit.uk 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments I don't see the word nobhead so I consider it inaccurate
[–] sevenism@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago (4 children) Prat Div Twit Twerp Smeghead Are some other mild ones that I don't really hear anymore permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago (3 children) Smeghead I don't disagree, but it's difficult explaining to Americans how "you have a head consisting of the congealed semen and other matter scraped from underneath someone's foreskin" is only a mild insult. Particularly when with a decent proportion of them, you first have to explain what a foreskin is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago (3 children) Smeghead I don't disagree, but it's difficult explaining to Americans how "you have a head consisting of the congealed semen and other matter scraped from underneath someone's foreskin" is only a mild insult. Particularly when with a decent proportion of them, you first have to explain what a foreskin is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. smeg is an actual word. its not just from red dwarf??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago still. I was not even aware of its root word connotation. thanks for the insight. permalink fedilink source parent