It's interesting how perceptions of things change in different cultures. I remember an Australian colleague who used this term in a casual context among our oth

It's interesting how perceptions of things change in different cultures. I remember an Australian colleague who used this term in a casual context among our other Texan coworkers. The Texans were quite surprised, and almost aghast. When asked later, they said that the term was demeaning, despite no one being offended in the slightest, and they didn't really seem to understand how context changes the meaning of a word, or how to pick up on context clues.