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Sanctimonious Attention Whore 

Someone, usually female, who not only wants to be the center of attention, but who specifically seeks highly visible opportunities to act self-righteous at the expense of others, in order to receive temporary affections from cohorts, so as to validate their own fragile sense of self-worth. Also known as S.A.W.

A group of Sanctimonious Attention Whores is called a "Squabble". A male courtier, or loud-mouthed defendent/apologist, of a Sanctimonious Attention Whore is called a "SAW John" or "Squawker".
Political pundit, Ann Coulter, is a sanctimonious attention whore. Media host, Bill O'Reilly, when he defends Ann Coulter, is a SAW-John.

Sanctimonious 

He's so much holier-than-thou, completely sanctimonious, he's Bono!
Sanctimonious by Richard Bird May 26, 2010

sanctimonious atheism

a term that not only perfectly describes a kind of hypocritically high-minded atheism but also has the added benefit of being very funny due to the fact that it is even intelligible (coined by author / blogger Frank Portman, 2006)
Let's go to Ophelia's house for a few drinks ... Actually, on second thought, let's not, the whole sanctimonious atheism thing gets old really fast.

sanctimonious cunt 

Someone (usually female) who sees themselves in a position of superiority and once they have made up their mind (lazily) don't listen to any rational argument, but always have a personally objectifying explanation at the ready for why one is disagreeing or complaining.
Tatiana Estévez of Quora.com is a typical sanctimonious cunt.
sanctimonious cunt by felixh October 9, 2016

Sanctimonious Git  

A person (or conglomerate of two persons who are virtually indistinhuishable as individuals) who is so far up his or her own (or their own collective) arsehole their own mother wants to run them down.
That sanctimonious git takes pictures during a group holiday and then tries to charge for them even though everyone else is sharing their pictures and then has the gittishness to get all high and mighty when someone uses one of the pictures on their facebook profile.

I cant believe that sanctimonious git - "failed to do the right thing"!?!?!
Sanctimonious Git by martin day January 15, 2008

Sanctimonious 

Holier-than-thou: Making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority.
Sanctimonious like to act as if they're holy.
Sanctimonious by Jafje April 15, 2007
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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