claptrap

(klaptrap′)

noun

showy, insincere, empty talk or writing, intended only to get applause or notice

Origin: clap + trap

See claptrap in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Pretentious, insincere, or empty language: “I hate … that air/Of claptrap, which your recent poets prize” (Byron).

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete claptrap, a theatrical trick to win applause

Origin: : clap1

Origin: + trap1

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