offensensitivity

Inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.

Noun

  1. Inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.
    • (Several characters) My gosh...life is offensive!! Aaaiggh!! (Opus the penguin) Offensensitivity. - 1982 November 14, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County:
    • The contents, ideas, methods, thought patterns and anything else in here including the notion of offensensitivity about this source are not in any way related to Oregon State University or any of its employees, the...
    • 2001: Mary Malmros, "MA Medical Insurance without an employer?" (2001-06-19) ne.general <[email protected]> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ne.general/8-x8Za9kd3o/MCJFTx8l9XEJ IMO, he didn't insult...

Origin

Blend of offense + sensitivity, coined by Berkeley Breathed