Anecdotally, I once had someone on facebook randomly start berating me over the use of the word "trans", because I was being disrespectful. I was of course talk

Anecdotally, I once had someone on facebook randomly start berating me over the use of the word "trans", because I was being disrespectful. I was of course talking about transmissions/gearboxes, but this fact was lost on that person.