Very unfortunate. I suggest your "friend" would just find another reason to nullify you. Your real crime was not the use of a word. Your real crime was not falling into line, as she did, with the demands of The Overlords. Maybe your real crime was her simmering perception of your White Supremacy.

Critical Thinking has not been taught by most parents or in schools for decades now. It is the lack of this important skill, that has led this mass lemming behavior.