Flummery (noun)
flum-uh-ree
Meaningless or insincere flattery or conventions.
Originally denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly: from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery’ it slowly evolved into a slang term for sloppy and meaningless compliments.
Example sentences
“You’re just full of flummery, there’s nothing of value in what you say.”
“Plaster on enough flummery and you can have anything you desire.”
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