claptrap
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And even as I try to dress it up here with some kind of detached, anthropological pseudo-intellectual claptrap, I’m still jumping straight into the muddy pigpile that’s been going on for weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
One doesn’t have to be a fan of Disney to see that as fatuous claptrap.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Meade, quite understandably, turned out sadistic, Grand Guignol thrillers as a respite from writing sentimental claptrap such as “A Sweet Girl Graduate” and “The Rebel of the School.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
A recluse story contained more sense, but Royal thought the army part was claptrap.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing claptrap
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