cant1

noun

• 1hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature:he had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

• 2language specific to a particular group or profession and regarded with disparagement:thieves' cant
• [as modifier] denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion:‘herstories’ rather than ‘histories’ as the cant phrase goes

verb

• talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something:if they’d stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere