How old are you anyway?
It is just inconceivable that a grown adult would be so petty over the use of an abbreviation just because somewhere at sometime someone once made fun of it.
I’m pretty sure the the abbreviation came first and some immature snot saw it an an opportunity to harass some Catholics.
And I’ll bet he’d be laughing himself silly knowing that he was still getting a rise out of someone with it over a hundred years later.
Do you always let others control your life like that? Because by not letting go, that’s exactly what you’re doing.
You are only surmising and wrong. The word "arse" as both a pejorative and vulgar reference to a body part preceded its corruption into the obscene pun.
Tell you what, if you think it is no big deal simply stop using it, unless of course you are intentionally trying to offend.