This is how dog whistles work—a whole postural shift articulated through proximate words.
So too every less nefarious allusion, idiom and seemingly innocuous turn of phrase. Postural evocations.
A toe-walker need not know how stress in the neck shapes the hang & drape of everything below. Nor need be aware of how digestive distress relates to one's center of gravity. Postural habits care nothing of our intentions.
For us to decide—if we wish to better know anatomy of the body that carries us.