flummery
/ˈflʌmərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies) ［mass noun］
1
- empty compliments; nonsense空洞的恭维话; 废话：
she hated the flummery of public relations.
她讨厌公关活动的空洞恭维。
2
- a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, sugar, and flavourings蛋奶甜点心。
词源
early 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly)： from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig 'soft, slippery'.