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Originally Posted by Sparrow
For example, you occasionally make use of the term 'pissed', which is quite an offensive term in the UK (there'd be complaints if it was heard on TV before 9 p.m.) - but in other parts of the world it's just part of everyday speech. It'd be unreasonable to take offense at seeing it here.
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Is "pissed" really an offensive word? I've never regarded it as such!
It's one of those words which has a completely different meaning in British and American English, certainly. In British English it means "drunk"; in American English it means "angry" (although in British English we do say "pissed off" to mean "angry"). I've never personally regarded it as offensive in either of its meanings, however.
I entirely agree, though, that unnecessary "censorship" is highly undesirable.