I'm sorry if this makes you leave the boards. But I've already said sorry for saying something that offended you. As others have explained, that word is considered VERY mild over here (you should here what the townie kids yell at you in the street! ).
Some stuff on here offends me or upsets me and I choose to not read those posts and just whizz past the titles. For example, when we were recently debating about the US elections, Gayla made a remark about homosexuality being a lifestyle choice. I'm bisexual and have made the lifestyle choice to marry a lovely man. That doesn't stop me being bisexual. That remark of Gayla's hurt me, but I chose to ignore it.