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What does claptrap mean?

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Noun
  1. empty verbiage or nonsense [from early 19th c.]
  2. (historical) A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
  3. a trick or device to gain applause; humbug
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I am betraying little if I say that the piece concludes with two happy couples and much sentimental claptrap.
Long before he died, he wrote an essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, which in a normal mood I usually dismiss as overwrought claptrap.
The global citizen is assaulted with a cacophony of claptrap, and mumbo-jumbo has gained the upper hand.
Thankfully there is little chance clever agencies will start falling for this PC claptrap.
And he knows how to sum up his point in a few words with no gobbledygook or claptrap!
I might not have a lot of letters after my name but I can tell you that this is claptrap.

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