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The Guardian - UK
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Countdown's dirty protest

Countdown: Jeff Stelling & Rachel Riley
Countdown: Jeff Stelling & Rachel Riley Photograph: Channel 4

Channel 4's Countdown came to a halt after one of the contestants picked a not entirely teatime friendly word from the following selection: "DTCEIASHF". To paraphrase Rolf Harris, can you spell what it is yet? Here's a clue. The Sun reports that expert Susie Dent confirmed to Jeff Stelling it was a term for a "rude or obnoxious person". Alas, Channel 4 said it was "not appropriate" and cut the selection from the show. So what did Cambridge University student Jack Hurst come up with? Er, "shitface".

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