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The 'War on Terror' gives rise to its own strange jargon.

I'm not playing down the seriousness of the attacks in London and Glasgow this weekend and the bravery of those involved.

Breaking news throughout the day on Friday told us that police had discovered a 'potentially viable explosive device'. 

What an horrible piece of language to describe a much uglier act.

But does the police's reluctance to use the word 'bomb' revolve around a technicality or is it a way of making the threat seem more real by coating it in the language of officialdom?

Keep it simple

W