A MAJOR fashion chain has been forced to discontinue a cap after they were slammed using an "offensive slur".

Primark, in Glasgow city centre, was found to be stocking caps emblazoned with the word ‘hun’.

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A number of concerns were raised regarding the design with many suggesting that it could lead to sectarian abuse.

One customer took to social media to complain about the decision to stock the item.

Aoife-Grace Moore wrote: "Dear Primark Glasgow: This is a very very bad idea."

The post has been shared over one thousand times with other Glaswegians debating whether it is problematic.

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One user wrote: "In Liverpool, every woman calls every other woman Hun. If this is a national thing it’s fine, if it’s Scottish thing it’s not."

Another added: "That made me laugh. Do you think they’ll sell many out at the Forge?"

A Primark spokesperson said: “The cap features the popular and widely-used contraction of the term of endearment, ‘honey’.

"Any offence caused by this is wholly unintentional and we apologise.

"We know we have a responsibility to be alert to cultural sensitivities and have therefore taken the cap off sale in our Scottish stores.”