It is a loaded phrase, conjuring the centuries-old battle between Westernizers and Slavophiles.

But who is to define that loaded phrase?

The loaded phrase "flying saucers" was more polite than calling the guest a crackpot, and it echoed the mainstream viewers' likely opinion.

The investigators invented loaded phrases of circumspection.

Moral values, moreover, is a loaded phrase, something polls should avoid.

Dole simply couldn't have picked a more loaded phrase.

Like most adopted children, Sasha used the term that has replaced such loaded phrases as "real mother" and "natural mother."

"Human being is not a loaded phrase," he said.

An unfamiliar word, a loaded phrase or an imperfectly understood issue - a common problem in polls on foreign policy - can skew the findings.

Use of this emotionally loaded phrase to describe the many Americans concerned with this issue, most of whom support legal immigration, does not advance the debate.