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Rachel Riley and an unexpected word


Laurence

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That's so funny! I assume (and hope) these as genuine and not photo-shopped!

There was an old Countdown back in the day when Bamber Richard Whitely presented it and both contestants bravely offered 'wankers' as their word!

After dictionary corner confirmed it 'acceptable', Whitely said something like 'well, we've got a couple of wankers here'!!!

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Apparently it is London rhyming slang - Merchant Banker, reduced in the London East end to a simple Merchants.

If someone is called a Merchant in London out of Context It is taken to being called a W****r

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