>I've certainly encountered the full term, "smegma", in the USA (it's also >the name of a cool, long-lived, avant-garde/noise/rock band from the >Portland, Oregon area). Presently, Richard Meltzer/Borneo Jimmy does vocals with the group. The tropic of Nipples EP from offrecords.com features them doin' their avant garde musings under Meltzer reciting poetry.