Being a "sanctimonious twit" is not a condition beyond one's control, such as height, eye-color, or ethnic background. The state of "santimonious twitness" is a characteristic one adopts as a result of the choices one makes. Suggesting to that person that he consider trying to refrain from being a "sanctimonious twit" is not calling him a name, it is a matter of advising him that, by this judicious exercise of reasonable restraint, he may be able to avoid making an utter jackass of himself.

Don Firth