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Default I'm surprised no one is talking about Gordon Ramsey

On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 22:17:23 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, ost
>says...
>>
>> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 18:33:23 +0100, Janet wrote:
>>
>> > In article >,
ost
>> > says...
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:35:03 -0700, sf wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I had to hear about this from a real live person!
>> >>>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-U-S-show.html
>> >>
>> >> I give up. What is a lazy "t*****"?
>> >
>> > tosser.

>>
>> Ugh. I knew it had to be a UK'ism of some sort but I just couldn't
>> place the word. Thanks :-)
>>
>> Is it that derogatory that it needs to be asterisked?

>
> I'm surprised it was. Calling someone a tosser is the equivalent of an
>American calling someone a jerk and I've never seen jerk asterisked
>either.
>
> Janet UK