Word definition: 'claptrap' • Lucid Lexicon
Word definition: 'claptrap' • Lucid Lexicon

1730, "a trick to 'catch' applause," a stage term
1819, extended sense of "cheap, showy language"

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| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |