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

On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 22:54:10 +0100, Janet > wrote:



>>
>> Tosser actually means ******, whether that needs censoring with
>> asterisks I'm not so sure.

>
> Although the definition of the two terms is the same the colloquial
>impact isn't; in UK tosser is regarded as a milder slang than ******.
> Jerk means the same, of course.
>
> Janet UK


Not quite, in the US. A jerk is a rude person. A jerk off is a
tosser.