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"Claptrap"
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humbug
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pompous
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
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A trick or device to gain applause, especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug.
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Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
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pompous or pretentious talk or writing
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