Testicles, Twats and Charlotte Green

[nq:1]Here's how the usual corpseful newsreader Charlotte Green dealt with a funny story, as told to BBC Radio 4's Feedback this afternoon (450KB, 2mins): http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/CGtitbit.mp3[/nq]
You presumably know the story of Robert Browning including the word "*

[nq:1]Here's how the usual corpseful newsreader Charlotte Green dealt with a funny story, as told to BBC Radio 4's Feedback this afternoon (450KB, 2mins): http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/CGtitbit.mp3 Matti[/nq]
But, but, but, Charlotte Green is *** on a stick.
DC

[nq:2]Here's how the usual corpseful newsreader Charlotte Green dealt with ... 4's Feedback this afternoon (450KB, 2mins): http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/CGtitbit.mp3 Matti[/nq]
[nq:1]But, but, but, Charlotte Green is *** on a stick.[/nq]
"Corpseful"? That means she's p

[nq:1]But, but, but, Charlotte Green is *** on a stick.[/nq]
Inside Broadcasting House (and, now, its various
satellites), a presenter who reads words written by other people is routinely known as a "gob on a stick".

Philip Eden

[nq:1]Here's how the usual corpseful newsreader Charlotte Green dealtwith a funny story, as told to BBC Radio 4's Feedback this afternoon(450KB, 2mins):[/nq]
'****' unexpectedly entered my consciousness this morning when browsing a meteorological discussion group. This group is moderated and uses a rude-word filter, and as a consequence the website of the British water company called Southwest

[nq:1]'****' unexpectedly entered my consciousness this morning when browsing a meteorological discussion group. This group is moderated and uses a rude-word filter, and as a consequence the website of the British water company called Southwest Water came out as: www.***.co.uk[/nq]
Is "****" now ever used in its original meaning except in a "ha-ha, did you know what that word really

[nq:1]Is "****" now ever used in its original meaning except in a "ha-ha,did you know what that word really means?" ... it so used) doesn't that mean it has lost its originalmeaning and it's silly to claim it still has it?[/nq]
It's retained its true believers, as you'll see if you google something like "up her ****".
Matti

[nq:2]Is "****" now ever used in its original meaning except ... meaning and it's silly to claim it still has it?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's retained its true believers, as you'll see if you google something like "up her ****".[/nq]
My introduction to the word was as an eleven year old schoolboy who, having a great purity of soul, misunderstood it to be a form of the word "twit". Alas, neither

[nq:2]It's retained its true believers, as you'll see if you google something like "up her ****".[/nq]
[nq:1]My introduction to the word was as an eleven year old schoolboy who, having a great purity of soul, misunderstood ... mother demonstrated a similar purity of soul that evening when I used the word in reference to dear old pater.[/nq]
I'm not sure if I'm up to Matti's suggestion to t

[nq:1]I've never come across "****" used in any way except to refer to a person or for someone to be ... that word really means?". Are there other parts of the world where it retains active usage in its original sense?[/nq]
Yes, England.

Ray