Flummery /(?)/

Flum·mer·y

Flummery

n.
  1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
    Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
  2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
    The flummery of modern criticism.