Red Dwarf/Terminology

Languages

Although Red Dwarf did not develop highly documented languages of its own (like some science-fiction series have done), it does make use of several languages including an aritificial one, Esperanto.

• English
• Esperanto - Signs will frequently be written in English and Esperanto.
• GELF - The spoken language of at least one type of GELF.
• Mechanoid Hexadecimal

Glossary

Some English slang is included for the sake of the non-English. Also, for some reason much of the vocabulary is for swearing and cursing.

• bog roll - toilet paper

• Bonjela - a leading brand of teething gel in the UK.

• bum - buttocks

• Dwarfer - A Red Dwarf crewmember; a Red Dwarf fan.

• gimboid - an extremely stupid or clumbsy person; an un-likeable fool.

• git - a stupid or unpleasant person.

• goit - an annoying or awkward person.

• Gordon Bennett - A dated, but polite swear word that can serve as a substitute for "God!" or "Oh God!" in the UK. This term is increasingly less common now than it has been in the past.

• loo - the toilet

• on the pull - trying to attract a member of the opposite sex.

• PD - Painting duty. Often used as disciplinary action aboard ship.

• prat - idiot; jerk; ass.

• quid - a pound sterling.

• S3 - denotes an Earth-like planet.

• smeg - A fun, little, futuristic curse word that can be used in colorful ways:
  • Rimmer, you are a smeghead!
  • Because we haven't budged a smegging inch!
  • What the smeg is going on?
  • Oh smeg, not again!
  • Rimmer, smeg off!
  • Note: In spite of rumors to the contrary the usage of smeg in the series is not meant to derive from the word smegma.

• snog - kiss and cuddle.

• spanner - a wrench.

• spare - very angry; berserk; insane.

• stone - 14 pounds.

• Titan Mushrooms - a halucinogenic fungus commonly known within the series as "freaky fungus".

• twonk - idiot.