Offense and Slur

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Offense noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

Usage example: a diplomat never deliberately gives offense

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Slur and offense are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slur" instead a noun "Offense".

Slur noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

Usage example: she brushed off the sexist slurs and proceeded to go about her business

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Offense and slur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offense" instead a noun "Slur".

Nearby Words: slurred, slurring, slurping

In Bravestarr, calling Prairie People "critters" is a slur that they take offense at; Bravestarr himself accidentally lets the word slip, and has to apologize to Fuzz as a result.

Source: Fantastic Slurs aka: Fantastic Slur
The rock apes will take offense at this slur.

Source: Insult to Rocks
This is made even funnier when Toofer later attempts to use the N-Word in the same way and everyone reacts with offense that he has just "dropped the N-bomb"... the joke being that although black, Toofer is so "whitefied" that it sounds like a slur coming from him.

Source: N-Word Privileges

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