flummery
noun/ˈflʌməri/
/ˈflʌməri/
[uncountable]- ideas, statements or procedures that you think are silly or have no real meaning, especially praise that is silly or not sincere synonym nonsense
- She hated the flummery of public relations.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery’.Definitions on the go
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