region-specific slurs
the existence of words that are horribly offensive slurs in British English and either completely benign or just nonexistent words in American English will never not feel _really weird_ to me
like the word spaz in the US is word for an overly rambunctious child but in the UK is a hugely offensive word for someone with cerebral palsy
and the not-word "paki" is apparently a really offensive word in the UK for someone of middle-eastern or south-asian descent, but in the US we didn't even know that it _wasn't_ the proper term for someone from pakistan until recently (the proper term, breaking the convention of other -stan countries, is "pakistanian")
Are there similar cases of words that are massively offensive in American English but are perfectly ordinary in British English? I can't think of any
region-specific slurs
@Felthry using football for soccer instead of american football
re: region-specific slurs
@pillowcat I don't think that counts as a slur, though!
re: region-specific slurs
@pillowcat now that I think about it a bit more though, "f*g" (not comfortable typing it >.>) is a normal word for a cigarette in british english, and a homophobic slur in american english (though a relatively mild one that's been partially reclaimed)
