An Old Word That Has Acquired A Certain Contemporary Resonance

[poliphilo]

trumpery

ˈtrʌmp(ə)ri/<input ... >

archaic

noun

1. 1.

   attractive articles of little value or use.

   "None of your woollen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"

   synonyms:

   trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelots,gewgaws, gimcracks "tables piled with all sorts of trumpery"

   
   
   
   

adjective

1. 1.

   showy but worthless.

   "trumpery jewellery

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Maybe not so much of a clown these days, more like a real menace.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right. But if I don't think of him as a clown I get very upset about the possibility of the US being in his hands.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think it'll happen. What's more likely is that he'll make the Republicans unelectable.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

That would be ideal.