Cotton candy
Cotton candy noun - Something attractive but lacking in substance.
Usage example: the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Window dressing and cotton candy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Window dressing" instead a noun phrase "Cotton candy".
Window dressing
Window dressing noun - A deceptively attractive external appearance.
Usage example: the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories
Cotton candy and window dressing are semantically related. You can use "Cotton candy" instead a noun phrase "Window dressing".
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