# Ron "Desanctimonious" **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 21, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362 "2023-05-21T18:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/1 "2023-05-21T18:33:15Z")
Does anyone think “sanctimonious” is a part of Trump’s vocabulary, or even that he knows what it means, apart from a general sense that it’s bad, a name you don’t want to be called? Lord knows, I’m no fan of Ron Desantis, but there are a bunch of words I’d use to describe him before I’d label him “sanctimonious.” Is there a way for that adjective to apply to him correctly that I’m missing? Some act of sanctimony he’s performed, or am I correctly in thinking that Trump just came up with the word, having heard it or recognized it as a negative word, and decided to slap it on him? If his opponent were named “Ron Derelevono” do you have the slightest doubt Trump would have dubbed him “Ron Irrelevant”? Or if were named “Ron Decisso” he would have called him “Wrong Decision”? Actually that last one might be too clever for Trump to come up with on his own. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/2 "2023-05-21T18:42:36Z")
Yeah, Trump clearly didn’t come up with that one. Hate to admit it but that’s probably why it sounds so lame. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/3 "2023-05-21T18:47:39Z")
I thought it was “Rhonda Sanctimonious”. That way he gets in two jabs at once: implying that he’s a both a girly man and holier-than-thou. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/4 "2023-05-21T18:56:46Z")
Rhonda Sans-Tits is a first rate drag name. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/5 "2023-05-21T19:12:23Z")
Rhonda Santis _is_ a drag name. > **[New queen in town taking Tampa Bay drag scene by storm!](https://tampanewsforce.com/new-queen-in-town-taking-tampa-bay-drag-scene-by-storm/)** > > Rhonda Santis, a drag performer who recently moved to Tampa from Tallahassee, is packing in crowds at drag shows all over the Tampa Bay Area. > > > > "There's someth ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/6 "2023-05-21T19:19:54Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > Does anyone think “sanctimonious” is a part of Trump’s vocabulary, or even that he knows what it means, apart from a general sense that it’s bad, a name you don’t want to be called? Isn’t that enough? In this mode of nicknaming all you do is find a word with a negative connotation to replace their own. ‘Sanctimonious’ probably is in Trump’s vocabulary, something he’s heard used and probably used himself defensively. This kind of politics is Trump’s specialty. There is certainly a good chance he didn’t originate the use, but it’s not at all impossible that he did. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/7 "2023-05-21T19:27:30Z")
I know I heard that nickname somewhere else before I heard T say it. I think it was already in the zeitgeist. I was thinking how unoriginal he was. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/8 "2023-05-21T19:59:25Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There is certainly a good chance he didn’t originate the use, but it’s not at all impossible that he did. Do you have any idea what it refers to, other than “I don’t like him”? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/9 "2023-05-21T20:09:49Z")
Ron Desanctimonious My name is Ron Desanctimonious And my behavior’s not felonious But just you wait, just you wait… ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/10 "2023-05-21T20:25:06Z")
Ron Disastrous comes much more naturally. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/11 "2023-05-21T20:29:45Z")
Maybe a limerick might capture the spirit: A Florida man sanctimonious Believed many things acrimonious Of gays and transgender He was no defender Against Disney he was downright felonious. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/12 "2023-05-21T20:32:20Z")
Needs more makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/13 "2023-05-21T20:43:53Z")
Meatball Ron is much better. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/14 "2023-05-21T21:09:16Z")
It just doesn’t fit with Trump’s usual MO for naming his opponents. Lyin’ Ted, Low-energy Jeb, Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe, Little Marco – these were effective because they played up a pre-existing perception about each politician and didn’t try pull some cute play-on-words. Agree with @Love_Rhombus, “Meatball Ron” is a much better nickname. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/15 "2023-05-21T21:24:21Z")
Doesn’t really matter does it? It does fit DeSantis, he seems to be working the sanctimonious types in Florida, but so is Trump. So it’s just to make DeSantis seem bad to an audience that doesn’t dig deeply into meanings. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/16 "2023-05-21T21:33:22Z")
_Applause_ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/17 "2023-05-22T02:50:50Z")
Dear Mr. Trump, I think we have enough evidence (see multiple videos) for a better nickname for DeSantis: **Bobble-Head Ron** You’re welcome, _Digby Disney_ (Walt’s granddaughter’s second cousin) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/18 "2023-05-22T06:08:10Z")
For what it’s worth, add my vote in favor of “Meatball Ron.” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/19 "2023-05-22T10:44:05Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > “Meatball Ron.” Would someone unpack the force of that, for this foreigner? Is there some special significance to meatballs? ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362/20 "2023-05-22T10:48:56Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Is there some special significance to meatballs? Not particularly. “Meatball” is a word associated with “spaghetti” so there’s a bit of an anti-Italian slur in there somewhere, but it’s pretty weak sauce. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desanctimonious/984362.md?page=2)