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Serious BBC question...
Would it be too offensive to employ the term used at 1:40 of the following This is Spinal Tap video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSAumt6YF4

. I would not be offended, but unfortunately I do not speak for all humanity. However, now that you have put the word in our heads you might as well use it.

Gonna pass. I figured only those less likely to object would click on the video.

As a rule, I avoid anything that Chambers cites as “derogatory” or “offensive”.

I didn't actually hear it - was it sotto voce[/]?

🎶 Any ole iron

Yes, half-whispered. But as a Spinal Tap fanatic I've memorized the dialogue.

Hello Cleveland!

It goes back a long way but always seems to have been a vulgar term. I would not like to see it in a crossword or (as I once did) hear it yelled at a grandchild outside ASDA.

My crossword tenet:

What would Araucaria do?