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it appears that the term is somewhat less offensive in the US.

A lot of ordinary British things are seen in the U.S. through a filter of... let's call it "quaintness."

Swear words. Thatched roofs. Music on AM radio.

So, yeah. Whatever offensive word you heard probably didn't have the same impact on the other side of the Atlantic. There's probably some reciprocity, too.

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My experience is that this doesn’t apply to the see you next Tuesday word, at least here in Canada. It’s seen as very offensive according to the Canadians I know. Speaking as a Brit, that word is thrown around quite casually in the UK!

That's what I meant by reciprocity.

Brits have their own quaintness filter for some of the words that NorthAms see as out of bounds.

For clarity's sake, and as a demonstration against censorship: "cunt"

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