[DOC] [TLE] Claptrap dictionary definition | claptrap defined - YourDictionary [PAR] clap () + trap: origin, originally , a trick intended to elicit applause ... Pretentious, 
insincere, or empty language: I hate &ellipsis; that air / Of claptrap, which your... [DOC] [TLE] claptrap - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary [PAR] Empty, pompous and pretentious drivel designed to gain approval. 2. ... Today 
the word more often refers to sheer nonsense, as in the second meaning ... The 
word claptrap went on to refer to any line guaranteed to generate applause or ... 
Slapstick originally referred to a thin, flat board with a handle and another shorter 
flat... [DOC] [TLE] WordSolver.net | Definition of CLAPTRAP [PAR] Dictionary definition of CLAPTRAP ... A trick or device to gain applause, 
especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug. ... Empty verbiage or 
nonsense. ... WordSolver was originally written as a tool to help solve back-of-the
-newspaper anagram-type word puzzles, but its application is quite wide across 
many games... [DOC] [TLE] claptrap - Wiktionary [PAR] Empty verbiage or nonsense. ... A trick or device to gain applause; humbug. ... 
See Wikisaurus:nonsense; (overabundance of meaningless words): waffle, hot 
air,... [DOC] [TLE] substance - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com [PAR] substance. Any material that possesses physical properties is called a substance. 
The word also refers to the gist or main idea of something. If you remember the... [DOC] [TLE] content - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com [PAR] This word has two main meanings. The first has to do with being pleased and 
satisfied (feeling content) or making someone else feel happy and at peace with
... [DOC] [TLE] Quotes I Have Enjoyed - Robert Heckendorn [PAR] "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large 
matter .... you start viewing it as a tool you can use to increase your chances of 
winning. ..... order for the persceptual order in which his experience originally 
comes. ..... "If a man is crossing the river and an empty boat collides with his skiff, 
even... [DOC] [TLE] Martin Luther King: the story behind his 'I have a dream' speech | US ... [PAR] Aug 9, 2013 ... One of his aides who went to King's suite that night saw words ... The movement 
had high hopes for a large turnout and originally set a ... The piece of paper was 
blank. ... A smattering of applause filled a pause more pregnant than most. ... The 
phrase "I have a dream" has been spotted in such disparate... [DOC] [TLE] SPEECH - Someworthwhilequotes [PAR] ... one is moving into the stern puritanical era of the four-letter word. ..... Latin 
writer of mimes who was originally a slave. _Moral Sayings_ .... Empty words, 
double-talk, fabrication, nonsense. Etymology: An ... Pretentious, insincere 
speech designed to gain applause; a trick or phrase designed to capture praise. 
Suggested... [DOC] [TLE] President Obama's Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg on Syria and ... [PAR] In his first term, he came to believe that only a handful of threats in the Middle 
East .... worried about the consequences of earlier inaction in Syria when word 
came of .... for the use of chemical weapons, rather than 'punished' as originally 
planned. ...... Obama entered the lecture hall at Taylor's University to huge 
applause. [DOC] [TLE] How ampersand came from a misunderstanding | Dictionary.com Blog [PAR] Feb 25, 2014 ... The shape of the character (&) predates the word ampersand by more than 1,500 
years. ...... and that this is nonsense and the word has changed on such official 
...... This is a second reply to yours originally posted farther down the line of site  
as 'twere. ...... Who said mystery gains women's loud applause? [DOC] [TLE] Johnson, Life of Dryden - Rutgers University [PAR] 'To conclude this act with the most rumbling piece of nonsense spoken yet, .... of 
strength and elegance and many of empty noise and ridiculous turbulence. .... 
noise, he shall make me believe every word in

Question: This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause
Answer: claptrap