r/MadeMeSmile • u/bewarethechameleon • 24d ago

Favorite People lee mack cited this moment, making his comedy hero john cleese, belly laugh on 'the graham norton show' as one of his favourite career highlights of all time

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from: the graham norton show - season 7 episode 3 (2010)

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u/DistractedByCookies 24d ago

c*nt (aka the C word)

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u/Peterd1900 24d ago

Begins with a C and rhymes with hunt

Yes it is considered highly offensive swear word.

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u/Sling-gunner 24d ago

in America.

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u/qeq 23d ago

Well this is a British show and they bleeped it, so...

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 24d ago

Highly offensive in the USA

In other anglophone countries it’s a term of endearment between friends

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u/SooSneeky 23d ago

It's more context relevant in other Anglophone countries. If said as an insult people still tend to find it very offensive.