>>>Should be shot.
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>>Unfortunately that figure is speech has taken on ominous meanings.
>>It would be a good idea to drop it.
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>It still has humorous connotations as an extreme over-exaggeration methinks.
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>Not everyone is so fragile as the mainstream media makes them out to be.

I used to have this gag where during conversation, if someone said "oh shoot" or "shoot" (euphemisms for "oh shit" and "shit"), I'd respond with "bang!"