A less subtle way of navigating the relationship between the public and the obscure is found in subtweeting or vaguebooking (vague facebooking), the art of posting elliptically about a social situation without naming names.

durable food

He thought her gay, brisk, arch, distinguee, delightful.

[T]heir maid has dressed their hats with cowslips, orchisses, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups […] .