Harry Leopold wrote:
Will someone please confirm that "****" is used as a derogatory terms
in America as well as in the UK? I don't think I've ever heard it used
with an American accent in films.

Yup, it is derogatory. Seldom used in polite company, seldom used even in
no-so-polite company such as movies.

No kidding! In case there's a difference in the literal meaning from
place to place, where I live, it is a synonym for the female pudenda,
although it's not nearly as crude as the other word for that.

Brian Tung
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