I understand “virtue signalling” as a novel term that is only loosely related to the concepts of “virtue” or “signalling”.
It’s a little annoying to have to mentally translate it into “that thing that people mean when they say ‘virtue signalling’” (or sometimes a little amusing, when there’s an interesting contrast with the literal meaning that a person’s actions have signalled their virtues).
I understand “virtue signalling” as a novel term that is only loosely related to the concepts of “virtue” or “signalling”.
It’s a little annoying to have to mentally translate it into “that thing that people mean when they say ‘virtue signalling’” (or sometimes a little amusing, when there’s an interesting contrast with the literal meaning that a person’s actions have signalled their virtues).