OK, I promise this is the last Daily 5 you’ll get for awhile, but this one was too much fun not to share. My answers in italics.

Try concocting euphemisms for the following:

- candy for breakfast
Carb preloading

- a defective tricycle
training jalopy

- a gas guzzler
Carbon surplus

- a ridiculously big bouffant hairdo
luxuriant extra body

- unemployed
dilettante

- painted the wrong color
chromatic liberties were taken

- a stolen election / ballot stuffing
democratic correction

- excessive redtape
bureaucratic aid program

- a cover-up of heinous corruption
minimizing unintended consequences

- the dog peed on the carpet
Pet-initiated carpet upgrade

- civil war
intra-state negotiations

- a failing grade
educational incentive

- tax evasion
federal budget reappropriation

- a size too small
athletic fit

- this building could not withstand a minor tremor
green construction

- the living room is the size of a mop closet
efficient use of square footage