Proper noun
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of gluttony, overeating.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of hypocrisy.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of moralism, particularly vacuous, base, and tedious moralism.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of snobbishness, particularly sentimental royalism and deference to class and aristocracy.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of complacency, particularly casual complacency towards corruption.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of sadomasochism, particularly flagellation (whipping and spanking).
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of adultery, particularly with domestic trappings resembling a second household.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of homosexuality.
(derogatory, potentially offensive) Euphemistic form of oppression, particularly with regard to the poor.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDo you know what le vice Anglais – the English vice – really is? Not flagellation, not pederasty – whatever the French believe it to be. It's our refusal to admit to our emotions. We think they demean us, I suppose. Terence Rattigan