hokum

hokum Definition

☆ ho·kum (hō′kəm)

noun

trite or mawkish sentiment, crude humor, etc. used to get a quick emotional response from an audience
nonsense; humbug; claptrap

Etymology: altered < hocus(-pocus)

hokum Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

enjoyable: Enjoyable hokum, worth seeing if you want some laughs without taxing your brain too much.
absolute: It was pure theater by a master and you could see it as marvelously sincere and spontaneous or absolute hokum.
entertaining: Hugely entertaining 50's horror hokum written by a noted science fiction author who also wrote the script for The Time Machine ( 1960 ).
complete: Of course it is all complete hokum in the best Hollywood sense.
such: I have to admit that it took me some time to cast off this initial belief in such hokum.

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