A scheming, disingenuous act of kindness and selflessness to show ones solidarity with a cause, such as volunteering for CAMHS, all to boost ones image and reputation, rather than to help the cause. It is commonly weaponised by politicians and used in debates to appease the majority.
Synonyms: I have no life, I'm a cuck, please give me attention, stop mansplaining
Antonyms: I'm smart, I'm sexy, I'm not a 28 year old living in his mother's basement, I've got a nice schlong
Synonyms: I have no life, I'm a cuck, please give me attention, stop mansplaining
Antonyms: I'm smart, I'm sexy, I'm not a 28 year old living in his mother's basement, I've got a nice schlong
Examples of virtue signalling:
- Jeremy Corbyn introducing his pronouns during a speech on Pink News
- Simon Cowell allowing a mediocre comedian to progress to the finals of Britain's Got Talent because he was disabled
- 18 year old college students stating their obvious gender pronouns in their Instagram/Twitter bios
- Wokeness - wokeness is virtue signalling, and virtue signalling is wokeness
- Michelle Williams' irrelevant and unnecessary speech at the Golden Globe Awards
- Refuting the scientific reality of biological sex
- Jeremy Corbyn introducing his pronouns during a speech on Pink News
- Simon Cowell allowing a mediocre comedian to progress to the finals of Britain's Got Talent because he was disabled
- 18 year old college students stating their obvious gender pronouns in their Instagram/Twitter bios
- Wokeness - wokeness is virtue signalling, and virtue signalling is wokeness
- Michelle Williams' irrelevant and unnecessary speech at the Golden Globe Awards
- Refuting the scientific reality of biological sex
by bigboobies007 January 8, 2020
Get the Virtue Signalling mug.To dismiss any expression of solidarity, anti-racism, objection to misogyny etc as "virtue-signalling".
Vermin-signalling is simultaneously an attempt to discredit the views - most likely in favour of a minority group - that are being expressed, while underlining the dominance of the "correct" group, and an efficient method of establishing that you hold utterly verminous views that will probably mean your family slowly stop talking to you on Facebook or even coming round for Thanksgiving.
Vermin-signalling is simultaneously an attempt to discredit the views - most likely in favour of a minority group - that are being expressed, while underlining the dominance of the "correct" group, and an efficient method of establishing that you hold utterly verminous views that will probably mean your family slowly stop talking to you on Facebook or even coming round for Thanksgiving.
"My uncle's all over Facebook again, shouting about how people who object to black people being killed in their own homes are 'virtue-signalling'. He always starts vermin-signalling when he's drunk, but that just keeps getting earlier in the day."
by A Cheffie October 26, 2020
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A term for the expression of being a tech nerd or crypto bros with the intent of communicating superiority or membership to an exclusive club.
Q: Jack doesn't even own a Bored Ape NFT, so why is he wearing a Bored Ape hoodie?
A: He's clearly virtual signalling, just like that time he changed his pronouns to curly brackets.
A: He's clearly virtual signalling, just like that time he changed his pronouns to curly brackets.
by badlearner March 2, 2022
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by scarypanda1 July 8, 2016
Get the singalingual mug.When a straight man gives eye contact for too long with a gay man so quickly grabs his girlfriend's hand.
by Tim Bisley April 19, 2018
Get the Hetero-signalling mug.User sigmaligmaballs on tiktok is a wonderful cosplayer who cosplays mainly characters from the series Bungo Stray Dogs and posts mainly content about the series. They also run Kymiru.cos account on tiktok. They are a Nikolai kinnie and have Sigma’s haircut but shorter.
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“He can’t sing, so must resort to scat signing.”
“He can’t sing, so must resort to scat signing.”
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