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> So language police.

Is it "language police" that if you say "bomb" on an airplane, people might take that very seriously and you might get in legal trouble? Is that people's personal "language preference" or might there be some other implication behind some of the words in some contexts?

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If you say "stop with the f-bombs" on a flight you might be in trouble only if you are misunderstood.

It's not about the word itself, it is about what it represents and the risk profile if it's true (nowhere to run to).

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