Red Dwarf is another sci-fi series from England, and another swear word to add to your lexicon is the lovely smeg. This is a way to say that other s-word with only four letters, either by itself or in phrases such as “deep smeg” or “a world of smeg.” For example, if you wake up as the last living human onboard a ship with the hologram of your last bunkmate, an evolved cat, and a fussy maintenance droid, you would say, in a low, slow tone, smeg.
Smeg head is a common phrase, usually to describe Rimmer, the last living human and a very lazy, very cowardly man that, if not for his historical value, would have been jettisoned light years ago.
In the quest to find new and creative ways to insult Rimmer, the rest of the crew keep coming up with new variations of smeg and also, twonk, a different way to say git, which we understand is a very British insult for someone that is unpleasant and/or childish.
Regardless of which one you hear directed towards Rimmer, you know, just from the sound of it, the tone, the caustic delivery, that it’s an insult, and that’s the hallmark of a great sci-fi swear word.