cant

Hypocritical pious talk

Cant is an infrequent word with two primary meanings.

The commoner one is to denote an informal language or dialect used by a relatively small group.

The other meaning is an angle, oblique line, or slant: The wall canted outward.

Cant should not be confused with can’t, the very common contraction of cannot, which requires an apostrophe but may not get one in unedited writing or texting.

hypocrisy

insincerity

Lack of genuine feeling

sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
pietySincere religious devotion
moralizingDelivering ethical lectures

preaching · platitudes · lip-service · pietism · self-righteousness · holier-than-thou · sermonizing · humbug · affectation · pretense

jargon

argot

Group-specific coded speech

vernacularEveryday regional speech
slangInformal in-group vocabulary
dialectRegional language variety

patois · idiom · colloquialism · shoptalk · pidgin · creole · gibberish · lingo · patter · gobbledygook

tilt

angle

Geometric measure of rotation

slantOblique angle or bias
slopeAngled terrain or steepness
inclineAngled rising surface

bevel · lean · pitch · gradient · oblique · skew · list · heel · tip · careen

singing

intone

Recite in singsong

reciteSpeak from memory
droneUnmanned flying machine
croonSing in soft tones

singsong · monotone · plainsong · liturgy · psalms · hymns · canticle · gregorian · vespers · matins

cant

insincerity

argot

angle

intone

cant

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