To put on airs of being concerned about a social issue solely with the intent of flaunting your morals to the world.
Putting "BLM" in your Twitter bio does nothing to help people actually affected by such issues. It is mere virtue signaling.
by ViridianSky October 10, 2021
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Opposite — parading one’s moral superiority like taking the opportunity to demonstrate one’s decency outwardly. Example driving a Prius or wearing a mast during a pandemic.
Opposite — parading one’s moral superiority like taking the opportunity to demonstrate one’s decency outwardly. Example driving a Prius or wearing a mast during a pandemic.
Think of the toga party scene in Animal House. A young man with a guitar is wooing some girls with folk pap (“I gave my love a cherry that had no stone…”). Along comes John Belushi, who gives a little listen before grabbing the guitar and smashing it. The singer was virtue-signaling; Belushi was vice signaling
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Text me later, signaling right now.
by exinstance January 11, 2021
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A bigoted preacher using inclusive pronouns is virtue signaling for the soundbite audience.
A bigoted preacher using inclusive pronouns is virtue signaling for the soundbite audience.
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BA Econ is a signaling degree. If you get good grades at a decent school you send a signal that you're hard working and smart. That's about it.
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Get the SignalGate mug.When a person (usually a female) who is stuck up/snobby is encountered by a person that they don’t want around them for any reason (not attracted to/annoying/etc.) And the person is bothered by them, and she/he begins “Simp Signaling” the nearest Simp closest to them for help, even if their plea for help is unnecessary, and is usually resolves by telling the bothering person to go away, but instead decides to involve a Signaled Simp to resolve the situation with the unwanted person. “Leave her alone man! She doesn’t like you!!.”
The preppy cheerleader chick was Simp Signaling one of the party simps to tell the brave band geek who was indirectly invited to the party to leave her alone, because he tried to flirt with her.
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