war on

the first 2 words of anything the american government wants to erradicate, but knows the population won’t back unless it sounds important, so it becomes “a war on xxx”.
the war on drugs is worse for the us than the drugs themselfs.
ridiculous and often impossible/implausible attempt to eliminate a problem, esp. used in government referring to problematic affaires du jour.
the president declared war on poverty today.
often hyphenated. the rush of blood to the heads of members of the bush administration and other republicans when stimulated by talk of preemptive strikes or other unnecessary military action.
rumsfeld found it hard to hide his war-on as he explained to the press his strategy of shock and awe.
bush policy, everything is a war on something
“america, we are fighting a war on -insert anything here-, your tax dollars are useless”
(from “war on” war on terror, the war on crime, the war on drugs) as a new word meaning “expensive, futile endeavor”
“dude your effort to lose weight is so waron, man!”
a synonym of “stupid excuse to spend public money on nothing and gain votes by apprearing to address the problem of”.
“stupid excuse to spend public money on nothing and gain votes by apprearing to address the problem of drugs” or “stupid excuse to spend public money on nothing and gain votes by apprearing to address the problem of terrorism” for example.
it’s actually one word … waron … rhymes with “moron” … a totally inept soldier who’s more of a liability to himself and his own troops than he is to the enemy … doesn’t know one end of a rifle from the other.
look at that dumb-ss waron trying to peel a hand grenade!!!