About Insensitive Words
in·sen·si·tive
–adjective 1.
deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
2.
not physically sensitive: insensitive skin.
3.
not affected by physical or chemical agencies or influences: insensitive to light.
4.
not readily responsive or aware: insensitive to the needs of the peasants.
word
–noun 1.
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes blackbird from black bird. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
2.
words, a.
speech or talk: to express one’s emotion in words; Words mean little when action is called for.
b.
the text or lyrics of a song as distinguished from the music.
c.
A Common Greeting between two men of apparent African American Descent “Word Brother, where is your bitch at?”