SMIDSY

S1M3I1D2S1Y4

phrase

Sorry mate, I didn′t see you.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

phrase
  1. AustraliaUKSorry mate, I didn′t see you.

    “SMIDSY?” Rich chuckled, “Yeah, car pulled out into me, then literally as the guy got out and looked at me lying on the road he said,'Sorry mate, I didn't see you,' S-M-I-D-S-Y.”

    2017, CJ Moseley, The Wrath of Atlantis: With Strange Aeons
nounSMIDSY (plural SMIDSYs)

plural SMIDSYs

  1. An accident in which a larger vehicle hits a motorcycle or bicycle because the driver did not see the cyclist.

    The motorist claimed Smidsy after the crash — ‘Sorry mate I didn't see you’.

    2010, Matt Croucher, Flash Point, page 13
    2 more examples

    Bike instructor buddy Malcolm Palmer noted a few years ago that: "most SMIDSYs happen in urban situations, when the bike is travelling at 30 or under.

    2014, Kevin Williams, Tarmac Tactics

    Most riders come back and talk about their SMIDSY collisions and cornering spills but we hardly ever hear firt-hand about overtaking crashes.

    2017, Kevin Williams, Survival Skills, page 21

Origin

Acronym for "Sorry mate, I didn't see you."

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APA

SMIDSY. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SMIDSY

MLA

“SMIDSY.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SMIDSY. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “SMIDSY,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SMIDSY.

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