The argumentum ad hominem is a fallacious attempt to refute a logically framed argument, and whenever it manifests itself, it's always within a specific context. If someone feels that he has been insulted, that is not, per se, an "ad hominem attack."

And, Old Guy, to point out that you are using the term erroneously is a statement of fact, verifiable by checking any good logic textbook, not an "ad hominem attack."

Give up the Latin. It's getting silly. (And no, that's not an "ad hominem attack" either.).

Don Firth