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Who's twisting words? The lead begins: The ""knockout game"" is one of many names given to assaults, therefore knockout game (assault) as it is a type of assault. We need only be concerned with common usage, not some strict or arbitrary ""legal definition"". Right, I see there is some discussion on the extent to which the phenomenon actually exists, and whether it is to some degree a ""media-manufactured"" problem. If that is the focus of the article then knockout game (moral panic) probably would not be acceptable, unless there were a strong consensus that it indeed was that. More likely the title would be something like, Controversy over media coverage of so-called ""knockout games"" -   "