Okay, here's my view on that, Uncle DaveO.

The people who are in favour of trickle-down economics do not see it as a satirical expression. They passionately believe in it. We had a provincial government in Ontario for 8 years that believed in it, and they created a whole lot of trouble for Ontario in that 8 years.

Life insurance is death insurance. They don't call it that, cos it would really bother people.

The implication behind "tactical nuclear weapon" is that, well, it's a sort of "little" atomic bomb. A kinder, gentler atomic bomb that doesn't atomize a whole city. This is misleading.

Collateral damage is a supposedly inoffensive way of saying, "We just blew a bunch of noncombatant civilians to hell. Gee, too bad."

- LH