corporate welfare is a term used by the left. People that work are not on welfare, they pay for welfare. See the difference, one works, the other is a slothful parasite.
Really? What do you call ethanol subsidies, electric car subsidies, protection from all manner of competition like the sugar industry among many others gets, Kelo condemnation of land to hand to developers (a particular favorite of The Donald), solar and wind and all manner of other "green" subsidies, taxpayers shaken down to pay for sports stadiums for billionaires, the Export-Import Bank and the list just goes on and on . . .
This isn't quite as cut and dry as you seem to think. What would you say about somebody who does work, but at a low wage job, and who has a bunch of kids who he can't support. That person gets money back from the government through EIC/child credits and food stamps, which is still welfare under a different name.
Also, while I agree that calling targeted tax credits and subsidies for certain industries "welfare" may be abuse of terminology, I don't see how such policies can be defending from people who claim to champion free markets. When those deductions and subsidies are selective, you're letting the government pick winners and losers rather than having a merit-based level playing field. If you object to calling such a system socialism or a corporate welfare state, "crony capitalism" fits just fine.