Common and Offensive

Common

Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.

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Offensive and common are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Common".

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Common and offensive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

original	original common	original offensive
single	single common	single offensive
strong	strong common	strong offensive
real	real common	real offensive
Other adjectives: large, big, little, bad, infamous, major, final, least, next, largest.

Counter Attack: As good grappler as he could become, his main offensive was his vaunted striking, relegating groundfighting for the possibility (in fact extremely common) of being taken down.

Source: Creator / Bas Rutten
The most common reason for this is usually Values Dissonance, as things that seem normal or relatable in one culture can be seen as offensive, baffling, or just plain stupid in another.

Source: Americans Hate Tingle
N-Word Privileges: Jokes about Jews and the Nazis that would probably be offensive coming from non-Jews are common in his work.

Source: Creator / Mel Brooks

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