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flaming-tyger.livejournal.comcant-noun [kant]
1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
2. the private language of the underworld.
3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
4. whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars.
verb
5. to talk hypocritically.
6. to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cant
The cant she was spewing about helping animals was hypocritical considering the leather coat she was wearing.
1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
2. the private language of the underworld.
3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
4. whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars.
verb
5. to talk hypocritically.
6. to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cant
The cant she was spewing about helping animals was hypocritical considering the leather coat she was wearing.
