Blighter vs Smegger - What's the difference?
blighter | smegger | Synonyms |
One who blights.
(British, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
* 1911 , , Red Money , ch. 10:
* 1919 , , The Secret of the Tower , ch. 7:
* 1923 , , The Inimitable Jeeves :
* 2012 March 27, , "
(slang, derogatory) A hateful person or thing.
* 1998 , "John Duffey", - A comment by JMS!'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.babylon5.uk )
* 2002 , "Dr. Smartass", New HOPE for Hoooooooooooooooomosexuals!'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.recovery.catholicism )
* 2007 , Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto
Blighter is a synonym of smegger.
As nouns the difference between blighter and smegger
is that blighter is one who blights while smegger is (slang|derogatory) a hateful person or thing.blighter
English
Noun
(en noun)- "[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."
- He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
- I tackled the blighter squarely.
The King's Speech play: At last, my crowning moment...," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 27 Dec 2012):
- Translation: there's still some hope for you, poor stammering blighter .
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*smegger
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
- 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.
- 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.