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choiceswearwords

Thanks for doing the legwork on the research but the language warning makes you sound like a total smeghead


neryl08

Yes, but the thing is, about u/Professional_Owl7826; the thing you have to remember about u/Professional_Owl7826; u/. .. u/Professional_Owl7826 was a prat.


eairy

I read many years ago that Goit was a reference to goitre. >A goitre is a lump or swelling at the front of the neck caused by a swollen thyroid. So it was kind of a way of calling someone a pain in the neck.


WanderingSeductress

I had no idea gimp meant that, I thought it was those dudes in the funny suits


MerlinTrismegistus

It's both


mrmidas2k

"Gimboid" evolved from "Gimp". Cuboid, Trapezoid, Gimboid. Easy.


JealousAd2873

Yeah, exactly. And goit is probably from goiter, which is a big ugly lymph node swelling


spikeinfinity

Gimpoid. Doesn't really follow your examples.


Sean001001

I don't think anyone thinks that's what gimp means.


MerlinTrismegistus

You not been speaking to Little Moe with the gimpy leg?


daveb_33

You been smoochin’ with everybody!


LuxuryMustard

Was used with that intended meaning by Rimmer in White Hole though (unless he was suggesting that Lister likes to dress in a tight leather onesie)


Charming_Stage_7611

Tell me you’re a Rimmer fan without telling me you’re a Rimmer fan. Using the words just shows you’re a dwarfer. No one else will understand then.


Ashwey123

According to Space Corp. Directive 595, one must not use the term “Rimmer Fan” on Reddit.


Charming_Stage_7611

No that’s space corp directive 959. Space corp directive 595 is the doctors should not take umbrellas into gynecology exams


Russc70

Smeg is not really a made up word for Red Dwarf. See ‘smegma’. The variation Smeg and Smeghead definitely were been coined for the show. There’s an interview around where a kid asks Craig Charles what smeg means and he avoids the reply.


Redlar

There's also Smeg appliances [Smeg (an acronym for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla, Italian for Emilian Guastalla Metallurgical Enamelling Works) is an Italian home appliance manufacturer, founded in 1948.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smeg_(appliances))


Russc70

I have a Smeg oven. Amuses me no end.


MyAnusYourTongue

That’s crazy, as an Aussie I always thought goit was just pommy slang hahaha


tmofee

I like their new insult Gwenlyn which was named after someone the writers hated


wasdice

[Gareth Gwenlan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Gwenlan?wprov=sfla1) rejected the show on the grounds there was no sofa in the bunk room. They didn't *hate* the guy.


Professional_Owl7826

This is a-tier trivia knowledge


TheLostLuminary

I just assumed they picked words that sound idiotic and made them sound like that. We all knew the intention


Professional_Owl7826

This is one of the peak things about the British language, you can take any word and just using context can make it an insult, or a term for getting black-out drunk


92BOBTM

Bring out the gimp


PostModernHippy

You realise that Red Dwarf predates Urban Dictionary by at least thirty years...


Redlar

[Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Dictionary) Not quite, more like eleven years


tslnox

I think it's more than obvious OP meant it the other way - that he was praising the Dwarfer who put that definition on UD.


Velbalenos

What a bunch of doiks…


lamaldo78

So does Kachoombabo really mean 'smart Alec, metal git'


_leeloo_7_

>Second on the list, was that Goit refers to the female genitalia ​ >Lister: Well, I say let's get out there and tw @ it! which coincidentally means "to punch something" but also means the second on the list, I can't believe they actually used that language because I don't recall it being used anywhere else in the series.


Professional_Owl7826

Rimmer actively calls Lister a Bastard in Waiting for God