Sentence examples similar to a less offensive term from inspiring English sources

"Terrorist" conjures up car bombs, assassinations and fear while "separatist" is a much less offensive term suggesting a legitimate political undertaking.

The incidence of the more educated but no less offensive term "sodomite" also soared - from being used just two or three times a day at the beginning of 2011 to more than 100 times at the end of 2013.

"I read the question as-written, repeated the term in my response, and then used 'transexual' in place of 'shemale'modeling the use of less offensive terms, before circling back to 'shemale' in order to unpack why some find it offensive.

The word, they point out, can have a less offensive, even an affectionate, meaning in Latin America.

I'd think of a less offensive description, but there isn't one.

Not a chance, especially since a less offensive, less extreme Republican candidate like Mitt Romney couldn't win in 2012.

For the next month, however, early backers can purchase one for a less offensive $699.

Kennedy's announcement came less than two weeks after the NBA suspended Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo one game without pay for "directing a derogatory and offensive term towards a game official".

(A much less offensive one and a sentiment I can really get behind; I detest that ubiquitous herb).

A Channel 4 news reporter has apologised, after using a racially offensive term to describe Barack Obama.

It's total nonsense and a very offensive term for me.