breakfast-table test
n.— «Rosenberg applies what he calls “the breakfast-table test” to any gruesome picture, titillating image or vulgar word. He doesn’t want to make people sick over their cornflakes.» —“Ombudsman: Policing the Issue Ads” by Geneva Overholser Washington Post July 21, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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