FWIW, this conversation has happened before. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9433720

We have these types of intense conversations inside our home because we are a multi-ethnic family from various parts of the world (India, Eastern Caribbean, England, Afghanistan, Romania, France) and various ethnic (Indian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, French, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Kalinago) and religious (Hindu, Roman Catholic, Judaisn, Muslim) groups. We have these conversations about words because we want to understand the world.