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Claptrap

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Noun

1. blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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Claptrap

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noun informal
1. 
contrived but foolish talk
2. 
insincere and pretentious talk
politicians' claptrap

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Claptrap

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

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Claptrap

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n.
Pretentious, insincere, or empty language: "I hate ... that air / Of claptrap, which your recent poets prize" (Byron).

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