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To Replace The Discussion Of Ugandan Affairs – Ratchawallop

This has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? Ratchawallop?

We will now have to diverge from the Private Eye euphemism of discussing Ugandan Affairs.

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OK, fair enough, what’s the point of being King if you can’t do this sort of thing? It’s this bit:

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To Ratchawallop, yes, a certain use to that word we think. Now added to the Continental Telegraph Official Euphemism Databank.

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