Compliment

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Plautus

- - - - -

I was in line in the convenience store the other day and the woman working there said to the man in front of me, "I like your outfit.  You look nice."  Now, I think  this is a nice thing to say.  However, I also think that people in the military refer to them as "uniforms" not "outfits."