I'm pretty hard to offend, but there are some things I'm not too fond of and will usually find a way to let it be known, whenever I've done so, I've been very lucky in that my request has been honored and even passed along if a person who knows about it hears someone else make the same choice ... But when it comes right down to it, it's not really about words to me, but about the attitude behind it, if someone is talking down to me, then I'm not very happy about it and can usually find a way to let it be known that their attitude is not acceptable.