smeg
/smɛɡ/interjection, verb
smeg is an interjection meaning “Used as a swear word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-M-E-G, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does smeg mean?
interjection
- 1
slangUsed as a swear word.
verb
- 1
slangTo mess up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce smeg?
- /smɛɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-smeg.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of smeg
- smegs present, singular, he/she/it
- smegging participle, present
- smegged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is smeg?
Smeg appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does smeg come from?
A clipping of smegma, popularised by the British sitcom Red Dwarf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).