I agree that the context determines the intent to offend but I think some words may be offensive or at least distracting to some despite the context. If you ha

I agree that the context determines the intent to offend but I think some words may be offensive or at least distracting to some despite the context. If you have seen a word used in a certain context enough it can become difficult to ignore that context in other uses. Similarly, after watching an actor play a role well it may be hard to separate them from that role while watching other movies. It may also be useful to imagine master/slave replaced with words that are offensive to you to imagine what it’s like for someone else. For example, if they were called pimp/bitch servers I’m sure others would find that offensive. Different sets of words will be offensive to different individuals. I’m sure we could find 2 words which are less offensive to all.