Sentence examples for an offensive term from inspiring English sources

They didn't get it – anyone who cycles wouldn't think of that as an offensive term.

Mrs. Dad: an offensive term never used to describe mothers in management roles.

When I was gently told that Polack was an offensive term I stopped using it.

"Dyke", it said, was an empowering, rather than an offensive, term.

Had someone been shouting an offensive term, it would be different".

It popularises an offensive term, making it seem permissible in the workplace, pub and playground.

"It has always been a badge of immense pride to hear 35,000 people at White Hart Lane proudly use an otherwise offensive term as a badge of honor," he wrote.

As a Jewish Spurs fan, it has always been a badge of immense pride to hear 35,000 people at White Hart Lane proudly use an otherwise offensive term as a badge of honour.

In September 2012, the Kansas City Star's public editor wrote that he sees "no compelling reason for any publisher to reprint an egregiously offensive term as a casual matter of course".

The Kansas City Star's public editor wrote in September 2012 that he sees "no compelling reason for any publisher to reprint an egregiously offensive term as a casual matter of course".

Suárez was given eight matches and a £40,000 fine for his racial abuse of Evra last year, but the FA explained that: "Given the number of times that Mr Suárez used the word 'negro', his conduct is significantly more serious than a one-off use of a racially offensive term and amounts to an aggravating factor".