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Old 08-19-2007, 07:52 PM
GeraldGiraffe GeraldGiraffe is offline
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Default Re: girls hate that word?

Beaucoup -

The reasons for your distaste for the word wanker intrigue me. I'm English too, and I really don't see it as an offensive word. In fact, I don't even know any old people who think of it as especially offensive - surely not a word to be thrown around in the company of the vicar, you understand, but not the sort of word that might rank in a person's top 5 offensive words list. Unless it has some special meaning about which I am unaware, of course.

I had noticed it being used in odd situations on American television though.
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