claptrap

I do not want to hear any more of this claptrap and nonsense from you.
Inside Author Ray Bradbury’s FBI File: Was He a Communist Sympathizer?|Clark Merrefield|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A strategy also has to set achievable objectives, not just the usual American dreams and politically driven claptrap of hope.
Obama's Forgettable New Strategy|Leslie H. Gelb|May 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Mr Erman despises the common trick and claptrap resorted to by vulgar writers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various
If it was desired, we determined that it should be bought without extolling claptrap of any kind.
The Gold Hunter's Adventures|William H. Thomes

His words are redolent of claptrap and fury, and are a mischievous element in the formation of public opinion.
Days and Nights in London|J. Ewing Ritchie
Alison is all fudge and claptrap, with his granite squares of infantry and his billows of cavalry.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest
When he talked of 'the sacred purposes of humanity' it was not artificial claptrap in a protocol.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley

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claptrap

/ (ˈklæpˌtræp) /

noun informal

contrived but foolish talk

insincere and pretentious talkpoliticians' claptrap

Word Origin for claptrap

C18 (in the sense: something contrived to elicit applause): from clap 1 + trap 1

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