"'Joyrider' [1] is not a term I will allow in my station, constable. [...] Crime is crime, and should not be trivialised. What next? Are we to refer to grievous bodily harm [2] as 'fun-punching'? Assault with a deadly weapon as 'a laugh and a stab'?"
Standards for comedy were much lower in the mid-'90s. [3]
I've heard of the police here in Northern Ireland refer to the act of lighting bins on fire as "Recreational Vandalism". While refusing to do anything about it happening repeatedly. Makes the blood boil.
Standards for comedy were much lower in the mid-'90s. [3]
[1] UK slang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyride_(crime)
[2] UK actual crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievous_bodily_harm
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqa6H2T4aS0&t=3m33s