flummery
Speech parts
1. flummery - Noun
2. flummery - Interjection
Meaning
A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
mummery
farina
bosh
jabber
blarney
fudge
jive
mush
babble
garbage
nonsense
millet
trash
jargon
absurdity
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Examples
[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my-er-icy set-downs!”(Alverstoke)
Flummery is soluble fiber and Pectin.