Sounded like a wisecrack gone wrong...getting hung , drawn and quartered for it is absurd ....but, in this snowflake era, it likely will.

It seems that the younger generation has no ear for humour...it reminds one of of that poor ESPN character who used the word "guerrilla" in describing Venus Williams tactic of charging at the net but which was interpreted as " gorilla" by listeners who complained to ESPN with the sports commentator  losing his job.