Why must they feel like that? Why must they chase the cat? Gotta be the dog in them.
During the UK election campaigns in spring of 2005, a new phrase entered the Westminster lexicon: dog-whistle politics. A dog-whistle is used to create a special high-pitched sound which only attracts the attention of a particular dog rather than all the dogs around. The analogy then is to put across a political message in such a way that it will only be understood by potential supporters rather than voters in general...
--The Macmillan English Dictionary, 'Word of the Week' archive
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