incontinent ordnance

incontinent ordnance
   mis-hits
   Figuratively, hitting at the wrong time in the wrong place:
    Bombs dropped outside the target area are 'incontinent ordnance'. (Commager, 1972)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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