(Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) "She has, I think, a negative connotation to the game because at that time, when she was growing up, golf took Daddy away from her," Woods said Wednesday.

Nervous connotation Published 27 February 2013 From Rory Allen Your story on how the brain stores and organises words gave a fascinating glimpse into the neurological underpinning of category ...

As set forth in the OP, it does not carry a negative connotation and the reaction is overly sensitive IMHO. Master Tracking List is about as non-controversial a term as one could come up with.

The origins of the word are over 1000 years old, while the current negative connotation mostly derives from the practice of slavery in the American colonial period, which started about 400 years ago.