Converse of object

• spot: And I agree with you that we can spot the claptrap.

Adjective modifier

• such: Said it wasn't ' country ' enough or some such claptrap.

• sentimental: The future of the NHS deserves debate, but based on facts, not sentimental claptrap such as is presented by Ms Beckett.

• religious: If only I could do this at the appointed time and place without the interference of religious claptrap.

• sexist: And since nobody expects men to shave their heads when they join the Viagra Nation, we can dismiss this as sexist claptrap.

• mystical: This fashioning of the world around us through our words and ideas is not mystical claptrap but the pure logic of mechanics.

• old: Its just the same old recycled claptrap over and over again.