There was a very NSFW word on Countdown but not everyone got it
The only reason most people watch Countdown – okay, we might be exaggerating a tiny bit – is for those rare moments when a comedy rude word turns up.
Like this, for instance.
https://twitter.com/RachelRileyRR/status/1057647697912569856
Or this.
https://twitter.com/RachelRileyRR/status/854702953869049860
Today’s was a little more – what’s the word – specialist, and no wonder the contestant appeared mildly sheepish before suggesting it.
— Jo (@_SephusJo_) 8 July 2019
And it was the C4 subtitler’s ‘finest hour’.
Delighted to be able to share my finest hour as a professional subtitler to date pic.twitter.com/Hkfuasd4rB
— A tweet for you, from Nicol (@nicolhay) 8 July 2019
And if you don’t know what it means (it’s a genre of sexually explicit anime and manga, according to people who know more about this sort of thing than we do) we’ll only say you Google it at your peril.
Let the sniggering begin.
“sub genre of anime and manga”
Yeah, you could say that lmao— Boofnado Boy (@RichPlaysStuff) 9 July 2019
the most british way of saying , i’m into what you’re into
— Perplexo (@sexythunderbunz) 9 July 2019
I can not stop laughing at his face when she says “hentai is brilliant”.
— Giovanni Torre (@GiovanniTorre) 9 July 2019
Rachel only just containing herself
— on all levels except physical i live in brighton (@naythinbdark) 8 July 2019
I didn't think it was real but it's real https://t.co/HR2jNvwzVi
— Jamie McKelvie (@McKelvie) July 8, 2019
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