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claptrap (n.)
[claptrap 词源字典]
c. 1730, "trick to 'catch' applause," a stage term; from
clap
(v.) +
trap
(n.). Extended sense of "cheap, showy language" is from 1819; hence "nonsense, rubbish."
[claptrap etymology, claptrap origin, 英语词源]