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claptrap

[klap-trap] / ˈklæpˌtræp /
NOUN
empty talk
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STRONG


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For all these women, it took having terrible, even traumatizing experiences in these movements to make them realize that perhaps it’s not feminist claptrap to believe in equal rights and bodily autonomy.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

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

Or, for that matter, the high-concept claptrap offered up at Marni, where Francesco Risso went on a quest to top his immersive be-in of last season with entirely apposite results.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2022

My socks balled up on the hardwood floor made a greater statement than any of their hokey claptrap with the carefully matted frames and big curly signatures in the lower left-hand corners.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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