cant 1 |kant|
noun
1 hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature : the liberal case against all censorship is often cant.
2 [as adj. ] denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion : they are misrepresented as, in the cant word of our day, uncaring.
• language peculiar to a specified group or profession and regarded with disparagement : thieves' cant.