different between smegger vs megger

English

Etymology

Coined in the television series Red Dwarf, from smeg +? -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

smegger (plural smeggers)

1. (slang, derogatory) A hateful person or thing.
   • 1998, "John Duffey", - A comment by JMS! (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.babylon5.uk)

     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.

   • 2002, "Dr. Smartass", New HOPE for Hoooooooooooooooomosexuals! (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.recovery.catholicism)

     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.

   • 2007, Erik Ringmar, A Blogger's Manifesto

     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.

Synonyms

• bastard
• blighter
• bugger

Anagrams

• megergs, meggers

English

Etymology 1

Noun

megger (plural meggers)

1. A megohmmeter.

Usage notes

This may be a trademarked name.

Etymology 2

From megaphone (which directors traditionally use) +? -er.

Noun

megger (plural meggers)

1. (slang) A film director.
   • 1948, March 6, Billboard (page 44)

     Backers, confronted with the heavy demands of directors, point out that the megger is doing more of a job than the producer […]

   • 1949, Charles Reed Jones, Your Career in Motion Pictures, Radio, Television (page 180)

     The megger, as the director is known to the motion picture industry's trade journals, has to be a sort of reservoir of knowledge, know-how, residual bits of information on all subjects and techniques.

Anagrams

• megerg