Thats one of my biggest triggers in conversation, it makes me genuinely mad when you say Soccer and some asshole has to "correct" you.
In Australia theres 4 games that are called some variety of "Football" or "Footy" by different people, by me saying "Soccer" which is an abbreviation of the old british term for it I'm simply defining which variety of football I'm talking about. When they pipe up with "You know the rest of the world..." SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU PONTIFICATING CUNT! Everyone understood what I meant when I said Soccer, it communicated all of the necessary information. It narrowed it down to what variety of football I was refering too. Bonus get fucked if you put a fake accent on and tell me its pronounced fùtbol.