Noun : His speeches seem erudite but analysis reveals them to be mere claptrap. From Dictionary.com.
This claptrap is ideological, rigid and disconnected from reality. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Lewis: Mosquitoes and Markets Don't mix] Reference
This claptrap is ideological, rigid and disconnected from reality. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Lewis: Mosquitoes and Markets Don't mix] Reference
But how do we know that this tells us any more than that a large pile of illogical claptrap is related to a small pile of neurons?. From Wordnik.com. [Carry-Over Thread] Reference
Why the need for this emotive claptrap, which is mostly not actually relevant to the comments here?. From Wordnik.com. [Buzz Aldrin Says We Can Get to Mars by 2019 | Universe Today] Reference
Calling it "claptrap" doesn't prove it wrong, either. From Wordnik.com. ["Madison gun owner Auric Gold said he often carries a handgun in a holster while walking in his east side neighborhood..."] Reference
What a disgraceful sack of crapulence this kind of claptrap reveal the Left to be. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Michelle Malkin: Blogging While Flying?] Reference
When you hear that kind of claptrap from anyone elected in this country, it's disgusting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007] Reference
"White flag of surrender" is the kind of claptrap that even NASCAR dads reject at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Biden Won, Because He Made Forceful Case Against McCain] Reference
(This is the meaning of the word "claptrap" BTW; claptrap is a planted line you are forced to applaud for.). From Wordnik.com. [Polls: Ohio Again Tied; Palin Approval Plunges] Reference
Irvington, N.Y. James Fallows calls "claptrap" the notion that Islamic terrorists hate us for who we are rather than for what we do. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
Declaring that claims of side deals were "claptrap" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
But government sources have dismissed the claims of special treatment as "claptrap". From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Mark, why don't you read before spouting claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A few kisses, a lot of sentimental claptrap, undying love. From Wordnik.com. [All Together Dead]
What is spurious claptrap is that the Jews "vacated" the land. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
That is no claptrap phrase -- although it may sound so; there is. From Wordnik.com. [Constructive Imperialism] Reference
He attempted no witticisms and indulged in no oratorical claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
The retort is on a par with the proposition, and both are claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
"Typical tax-and-spend liberal claptrap," responds a Wilson spokesman. From Wordnik.com. [In A State Of Collapse] Reference
As for claptrap, there is far more of it in Tolstoy than in Dostoevsky. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Windolf: A Q&A with Tolstoy and Dostoevsky Translator Richard Pevear: Jim Windolf] Reference
If you haven't seen it yet ... skip down somewhere else in this claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
I was half-naked heading for the steam room, wading through the claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [Kafka and the True Way] Reference
It is rather Livingstone who is the very silly fellow with all his PC claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
And is our goal to make sure that our children buy this claptrap just like we did?. From Wordnik.com. [Why Sex Scandals Matter] Reference
This positively enrages white liberals -- and it strikes black intellectuals as pious claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [Iq] Reference
It's just that, as a good scientist, he doesn't believe in that kind of evidence-free claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
All claptrap made up to give hope to the country dwellers who lived in fear of vampire activity. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
FORSYTH: Well, I entirely agree with Peter, that there's been a lot of sentimental claptrap talk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2003] Reference
Mr. Shaw characterizes Mr. Asquith's phrase, "Germany's infamous proposal," as the "obvious barrister's claptrap.". From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
All this talk about an invariable dollar which shall be like the bushel measure or the yard stick is the merest claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
And I think this right-wing claptrap of saying he was apologizing for United States or denying our heritage or something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2009] Reference
Never ones to miss an opportunity to cower before rightwing claptrap, some Democrats are beginning to swallow those nostrums. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: An Entrepreneur Speaks: No Impact of Tax Rate Increases on New Business Investment. None. Zero. Nada.] Reference
Nor could his proportion of joy have been greater if he had six floors of his own to survey, instead of one little claptrap back room. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
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