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Coined in the television series Red Dwarf, from smeg +‎ -er.

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smegger (plural smeggers)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A hateful person or thing.
    • 1998, John Duffey, “- A comment by JMS!”, in alt.babylon5.uk (Usenet):
      I'd send in something that sent back some kind of telemetary [sic], to see what was going on. If some bastard goes and blows it up, you send in about 40,000 ships and kill the smeggers.
    • 2002, Dr. Smartass, “New HOPE for Hoooooooooooooooomosexuals!”, in alt.recovery.catholicism (Usenet):
      I remember you now. You're that smegger who floods a thread with the same message over and over...and the same smegger who top-posts.
    • 2007, Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto:
      Evil boss then has cheek to ask me to work one of the bloody bank holidays in the week he refused me off. Cheeky smegger. Said no.

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