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Smeg and the art of sci-fi swearing

Smeg and the art of sci-fi swearing

From Red Dwarf’s ‘smeg’ to Battlestar Galactica’s ‘frak’, made-up swear words are not only stupidly good fun, but a genuinely useful device in keeping sci-fi accessible and happily uncensored…

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