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Re:When Big O Fools You by pc86 on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @12:42PM (#12345092)
This is not what "offensive" means.
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Re:When Big O Fools You by mistercow on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @12:58PM (#12345231)
It's a bit of an older usage than is common today, but it is correct. You'll also find this usage in phrases like "offensive odor".
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Re:When Big O Fools You by TylerE on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @02:20PM (#12346079)
That's exactly what offensive means.

adjective 1. causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials. 2. unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor. 3. repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting:

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