Definition of "trumpery"
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Pretty or fancy objects that are completely useless can be called trumpery. Your huge collection
of animal salt and pepper shakers is nothing but trumpery.
Trumpery is typically fun to look at, but not very practical or worth very much. Many collectible
objects are trumpery, like the dolls your grandma buys to display throughout her house or the
cheap plastic jewelry your sister always spends her allowance on. Another kind of trumpery is
equally useless or worthless speech, whether it's written or spoken. Trumpery comes from the
Old French tromperie, with its root of tromper, "to deceive."
http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/trumpery
PS Emphases mine!!
PPS I have to say I enjoyed "poking fun" at Nitt far more than Trump
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