"Recently I thought of a small tweak that might help things a little. If I rename the post to “Strangler Fig Application”, and use the term “Strangler Fig” as much as possible, then hopefully that would reduce the violent connotation by reinforcing the metaphorical link that is the whole point of the name. Because it's a small change, maybe it will spread enough to be worthwhile, and it's not much effort, so seems worth a try." - M. Fowler https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html