Hahah, my stars, an actual smeerp.
May 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Hahah, my stars, an actual smeerp.
At last! A smeerp in the wild!
May 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
At last! A smeerp in the wild!
But don't call a rabbit a Smeerp.
Or a Stobor.
Or a Stobor.
August 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
But don't call a rabbit a Smeerp.
Or a Stobor.
Or a Stobor.
I'm considering making a new rabbit OC called Smeerp.
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I'm considering making a new rabbit OC called Smeerp.
There's "calling a rabbit a smeerp" but that's the opposite problem.
April 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
There's "calling a rabbit a smeerp" but that's the opposite problem.
Call a Smeerp a Rabbit theory
April 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Call a Smeerp a Rabbit theory
Do Jawas customarily cremat..... you know what I'm not going to go down this smeerp hole and I'll go with your answer
March 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Do Jawas customarily cremat..... you know what I'm not going to go down this smeerp hole and I'll go with your answer
Smeerp-ass calendar
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Smeerp-ass calendar
It might fall under Calling a Rabbjt a Smeerp or at least be closely related
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February 19, 2024 at 4:52 PM
It might fall under Calling a Rabbjt a Smeerp or at least be closely related
"That'll do, smeerp. That'll do."
August 31, 2024 at 12:48 AM
"That'll do, smeerp. That'll do."
Timekeeping is one of those 'smeerp' problems that come up in SF/fantasy. Tracking time in Earth days/hours/etc. doesn't make much sense for aliens living inside another alien (none of which have any connection to Earth)... but explaining an alien timekeeping system often ends up being clunky.
April 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Timekeeping is one of those 'smeerp' problems that come up in SF/fantasy. Tracking time in Earth days/hours/etc. doesn't make much sense for aliens living inside another alien (none of which have any connection to Earth)... but explaining an alien timekeeping system often ends up being clunky.
Walt Kelly will see DeCarlo's SMERP and raise him an E!
April 13, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Walt Kelly will see DeCarlo's SMERP and raise him an E!
You can say a rabbit is a smeerp all you like, but it's still a rabbit. Or, in this case, Lake Ontario.
Some people say he should be called the President, but he's still just an asshole.
Some people say he should be called the President, but he's still just an asshole.
August 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
You can say a rabbit is a smeerp all you like, but it's still a rabbit. Or, in this case, Lake Ontario.
Some people say he should be called the President, but he's still just an asshole.
Some people say he should be called the President, but he's still just an asshole.
In the classic Turkey City Lexicon this is the sin of "calling a rabbit a smeerp"
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July 9, 2026 at 6:54 AM
In the classic Turkey City Lexicon this is the sin of "calling a rabbit a smeerp"
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that, or I feel like people end up recreating the wheel in that ok yes some kind of structure, even infrastructure, just not a STATE.
call it a smeerp, idk
call it a smeerp, idk
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
that, or I feel like people end up recreating the wheel in that ok yes some kind of structure, even infrastructure, just not a STATE.
call it a smeerp, idk
call it a smeerp, idk
I see them as separate conceptually, though I think if they were called "devils" I would then assume the existence of angels.
So much of SFF is picking names for things, and you start getting into smeerp territory when you can just name a thing something relatively accessible/relatable and move on.
So much of SFF is picking names for things, and you start getting into smeerp territory when you can just name a thing something relatively accessible/relatable and move on.
May 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I see them as separate conceptually, though I think if they were called "devils" I would then assume the existence of angels.
So much of SFF is picking names for things, and you start getting into smeerp territory when you can just name a thing something relatively accessible/relatable and move on.
So much of SFF is picking names for things, and you start getting into smeerp territory when you can just name a thing something relatively accessible/relatable and move on.
I couldn't get a green jelly this year, so the bunny jelly had purple grass around it instead. Therefore, we decided this was a smeerp with alien grass. 🐇
December 31, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I couldn't get a green jelly this year, so the bunny jelly had purple grass around it instead. Therefore, we decided this was a smeerp with alien grass. 🐇
I would say he made a SMEERP kissy noise but I think that was Pogo
April 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I would say he made a SMEERP kissy noise but I think that was Pogo
You're looking for Orphaned Etymology
I think you can justify this kind of thing on Call a Smeerp a Rabbit grounds but you have to make it do work. A friend of mine has a worldbuild that uses "fascist" explicitly as a translation of the local ideology but in their case they turned democratic now
I think you can justify this kind of thing on Call a Smeerp a Rabbit grounds but you have to make it do work. A friend of mine has a worldbuild that uses "fascist" explicitly as a translation of the local ideology but in their case they turned democratic now
April 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
You're looking for Orphaned Etymology
I think you can justify this kind of thing on Call a Smeerp a Rabbit grounds but you have to make it do work. A friend of mine has a worldbuild that uses "fascist" explicitly as a translation of the local ideology but in their case they turned democratic now
I think you can justify this kind of thing on Call a Smeerp a Rabbit grounds but you have to make it do work. A friend of mine has a worldbuild that uses "fascist" explicitly as a translation of the local ideology but in their case they turned democratic now
Pixel Scroll 3/18/26 Smeerp, Credential, Stobor, Dracarys…I Know The Science Fiction Names For Pixels Animalculous
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March 19, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Pixel Scroll 3/18/26 Smeerp, Credential, Stobor, Dracarys…I Know The Science Fiction Names For Pixels Animalculous
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By your reasoning, if I call white chickens smeerps, & make a clear household distinction between smeerps & chickens, & I eat a white chicken, anyone who accuses me of eating a chicken is incorrect, because as far as I'm concerned, I didn't eat a chicken, I ate a smeerp.
July 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
By your reasoning, if I call white chickens smeerps, & make a clear household distinction between smeerps & chickens, & I eat a white chicken, anyone who accuses me of eating a chicken is incorrect, because as far as I'm concerned, I didn't eat a chicken, I ate a smeerp.
I remember the Turkey City Lexicon making fun of this back when I was a teenager, it's been a known Bad Writing Trick for decades
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I remember the Turkey City Lexicon making fun of this back when I was a teenager, it's been a known Bad Writing Trick for decades
A canon that never, ever used a rabbit where a smeerp would do, so it wouldn't even be duct tape, it would be flexhesive or something even less pronounceable.
May 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A canon that never, ever used a rabbit where a smeerp would do, so it wouldn't even be duct tape, it would be flexhesive or something even less pronounceable.
Don't call a rabbit a Smeerp.
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Don't call a rabbit a Smeerp.