The compound stealth tax has an essentially compositional meaning, the noun stealth defined in the Macmillan English Dictionary as ‘a quiet and secret way of behaving so that no one sees or hears you.’ The term stealth wealth is another recent coining, referring to wealth which is concealed from public recognition. Another related term in recent use is stupidity tax (or tax on stupidity), money that people pay out in an arguably foolish way through things like lottery tickets, parking fines etc, as illustrated in the following citation: