GIMCRACKERY

folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery

(noun) ornamental objects of no great value

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gimcrackery (countable and uncountable, plural gimcrackeries)

tastelessness

Source: Wiktionary



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HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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