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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't think anyone's suggested that it's offensive; merely that it may be misunderstood (although personally I think that the overwhelming majority of readers will be aware of the "original" meaning of the word, and are unlikely to misunderstand it).
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You happened to comment on my post just before I removed that part of it for those very reasons.
That point was different from (and less relevant than) the one about undermining the significance of a work by changing supposedly questionable language.