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claptrap

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


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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

A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."

From Salon Jan. 1, 2023

It should be crystal clear that this is corporate claptrap.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2022

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

I guessed I was getting a little tired of all this claptrap.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli




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