Posturing 

Taking a position of defense whether verbally or physically.

She started posturing when her definition of hip-hop was disputed.

Posturing by CapriceClassic June 10, 2009

Posturing 

When you sell a huge deal and then start lobbying to give freebies like you were the fucking Goodwill

I'm posturing after I sold a deal for 98k, give James a huge account when he's already taken care of

Posturing by TheLLTruth April 17, 2009

Posturing Pete 

A male, usually under 30 years of age, suffering from a a condition that forces him to act in such a manner that his exposed muscles are constantly in a flexed position.

We were at the bar and some Posturing Pete showed up wearing a tank top and he had some skanky chick that smelled like cat food with him. He tried to play tough, but everyone just laughed.

Posturing Pete by briantroy December 20, 2009

Piss Posturing 

Piss Posturing = Personal Interest in Social Situations (PISS). Some people fake that they have a sincere personal interest towards one individual in front of others in a social situation. Imagine a CEO holding court at a work function dinner table asking questions of a new junior associate. In the case of Piss Posturing, BOTH the person showing the interest, and the person receiving the interest KNOW that the person showing the interest doesn't give a damn about the other person. It's purely a SHOW, a posturing, to show others how personable and humble the person showing the interest is.

The person being shown attention feels as if he/she is being PISSED ON, and both he and the other person know it. Down deep, despite smiles on the faces, the junior associate is thinking "You don't care about me, you're pissing all over me in front of these people and there's nothing I can do about it."

She's an annoying Piss Posturing socialite. She showed a lot of interest in me at the dinner table, but couldn't remember my name when we left the party.

Piss Posturing by Chris Rickety Spritz March 24, 2017

Moral posturing

People claiming to care about things that didn't happen to them.

Iam "It's not that I don't feel bad about the situation but... How do I put this delicately?"

Hym "It's the moral posturing. It's people who weren't involved proclaiming to the heaven how bad they feel about the situation. Using it to push their various agendas."

Iam "And if you know anything about me you should be able to see why we're averse to 'people who aren't involved in a situation pretending to care so they can force their beliefs down somebody's throat.' "

Hym "It's an affront to the people who actually care. And I've said this before. I'm repeating myself at this point. That was somebody's job. Not my job."

Moral posturing by Hym Iam June 6, 2022

woke posturing 

sharing information about racism and injustice with the unconscious intent to impress and share virtues, rather than engage in justice work, introspection, and humility

Karen was woke posturing yesterday sharing all those random facts about racism

woke posturing by Faedriel September 22, 2022

Shame Posturing 

The ridiculing posture by an overtly-animated prantsing gay person, that is aiming to reconstructing the way he/she just handed you your own ass (no pun).

ERiC_DrAyViN;
"Even the gays nowadays make Chuck Norris look like a candy floss machine."

ModusOP;
"haha.....even the homos are tough in the hood E. They will whoop your ass then pull some kind of Shame Posturing dance move after it's all over, as we can clearly see."

Shame Posturing by Tyrfingr September 2, 2011