humor, implicit, touchy, touchy-feely, frame a defense

"We seem to have lost our British sense of humour. It's a great shame. We have to be so careful nowadays; we have lost a lot of humour because people are too frightened of getting too near touchy subjects."

Absolutely spot on from Sir David Jason.

As Bank Frames a Defense, Barclays’ C.E.O. Resigns

By BEN PROTESS and MARK SCOTT

Ahead of a parliamentary hearing in Britain, senior executives said they thought they had implicit approval from regulators to manipulate interest rates.

“I suppose there is a risk there if it becomes a major market. We are not going to make a financially based decision to stay in a market that is intolerable for us,” he said.
Google’s decision amounts to an implicit admission that its gamble that it could help open China has failed.

• From Android to humanoid: Cellphones get touchy-feely(05/05)

im·plic·it (ĭm-plĭs'ĭt)
adj.

1. Implied or understood though not directly expressed: an implicit agreement not to raise the touchy subject.
2. Contained in the nature of something though not readily apparent: "Frustration is implicit in any attempt to express the deepest self" (Patricia Hampl).
3. Having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning: implicit trust.

[Latin implicitus, variant of implicātus, past participle of implicāre, to entangle. See implicate.]

implicitly im·plic'it·ly adv.
implicitness im·plic'it·ness n.

• im・plic・it
• ━━ a. 暗黙のうちの, それとなしの; 絶対の; 必然的に含まれている ((in)). give implicit consent　黙...
• im・plic・it・ly
• ━━ ad.⇒implicit

touchy
(tŭch'ē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate: a touchy situation.
3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.
4. Easily ignited; flammable.

touchily touch'i·ly adv.
touchiness touch'i·ness n.

touchy-feely

(tŭch'ē-fē'lē)
adj. Informal

1. Marked by or emphasizing physical closeness and emotional openness: became uncomfortable when the group therapy session got too touchy-feely.
2. Based on sentiment or intuition, especially to the exclusion of critical judgment: "a book that proves the existence of the Almighty ... without recourse to spiritual mumbo jumbo or any of that touchy-feely faith stuff" (Adam Begley).