Just for fun I thought I’d make a list of paired words and phrases that exhibit obvious (and opposing) rhetorical slants:
global warming – climate crisis
illegal alien – undocumented worker
low budget – lean
liberal – progressive
muckraker – investigative reporter
blogger – citizen journalist
mainstream media – mass media
intellectual property – my ideas
long tail – niche markets
guerrilla marketing – opportunistic publicity
reducing overhead – firing people
… any more suggestions?
government whistle-blower — leaker
inheritance tax – death tax
insurgent – freedom fighter
supreme court justices — activist judges
pro-choice — pro-abortion
pro-life — anti-abortion / anti-choice
transexual — gender-reassigned
It’s interesting how many examples we find on the seedier side of life:
porn — adult entertainment
stripper — exotic dancer
whore — sex worker