Lee Henman
Friday 5th October 2012 2:12pm
5,183 posts
Quote: swerytd @ October 5 2012, 2:33 PM BST
Smeg Head was invented by Red Dwarf, wasn't it? I think Grant and Naylor wanted a word that sounded like a swear word but wasn't, so they could use it as such.
And, actually, when the polymorph took Lister's anger, he did say he wanted to "get out there and twat it!", so it's hardly the fall in standards everyone's saying it is.
Dan
For some reason though when 'twat' is used as a verb it's more palatable than a noun. For instance I got away with selling a greeting card idea with a bloke playing golf, where the caption went something like "After weighing up all the variables, cross-winds, correct weight distribution and the perfect driver, Jeremy just decided to twat it."
But if I'd said "After weighing up all the variables, cross-winds, correct weight distribution and the perfect driver, Jeremy sliced it as usual, like the twat he is", it'd never have got sold. Partly because it's not as funny but mostly because it's a lot harsher. I don't know why, it just is.