What words or phrases drive people crazy?

Rapey -- This word is being used too casually on Quora (even on Slate Double XX Gabfest), almost always by women describing a situation in which the men who are pursuing them proposition them a second or third time, without really crossing any lines of etiquette or law.

You say "No" and he forcefully touches you -- that's rape.

You say "No" and he asks, "You sure?" -- that's unequivocally not rape, nor any degree of rape.

"Rape" is one of those words like "racist" or "child molester" that no-one wants his name associated with. Please let's keep it an absolute term, not a relative one.

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