Talk:Smeg

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Reversion[edit]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Not even for made up words.
Ideally articles should not contain multiple definitions unless they are disambiguation pages. There is no need to add a separate definition for "smeg" as used in Red Dwarf when this usage is already linked in the main article. Plus the shortness of the article at the moment means that is hardly "buried".
Replacing the earlier precise definition of Red Dwarf as a sci-fi sitcom (which is exactly how it is described on the Red Dwarf page) with "television program" is not only vaguer, but also causes the page to become locked into AE usage (for what is after all a British programme).

If you have some interesting information about the Italian company Smeg, by all means "improve" the article. Mintguy (T) 16:43, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I agree with the above, and have removed this part:

"The use of the word "smeg" in the television programme Red Dwarf is entirely coincidental; but has had the effect of raising the company's profile in the United Kingdom."

Smeg is British slang for penile fungus (also termed "dick-dirt"), and this is the sense intended in Red Dwarf. If anyone feels that this merits inclusion in the article, go ahead and include it, but like Mintguy says, Wikipedia isn't a dictionary. Palefire 01:19, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

Just to shed some light, we Brits ain't so much keen on the term "dick-dirt" as "dick cheese", also occasionally referred to as Fromunder Cheese (as it comes from under...). Ah... the benefits of classical education. Spite & Malice 09:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Different[edit]

This page seems different from others, shouldn't it be disambiguation? --Skuld^‡ ^insult 16:01, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]