"Yorkshireman".
Graeme:
> It's nearly as venomous as a *proper* Yorkshire "Bastid". If you've
> never heard that one, it is a thing of beauty amongst expletives. I
> wish I could get it right...
Good God, Graeme, please don't corrupt yourself by adopting the ways of the whippet-worriers...
You're spot on: it's not necessarily the expletive, but the utter contempt with which it's stated.
Stu.
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