re: What's the silliest reason you've seen someone get offended?

I was in a meeting and had a woman called me out for casually using the term "a boat load" to refer to an excessive quantity of something.

She said that phrase was referencing slave ships and it was inappropriate.

I always assumed it was actual cargo ships it was referring to.

Anyway, the irony is that I used the term "boat load" so that I wouldn't say "butt load" which is my preferred nomenclature when referring to large quantities.