as in tinsel
something attractive but lacking in substance
the composer's works have generally been dismissed as candyfloss by music critics
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A lot of ornaments and tinsel on the Christmas tree.
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Hair tinsel is also offered, and everyone leaves with a swag bag.
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Zara Larsson delivers glitter and hype for fans during her set at Manchester's Parklife Festival in England on June 21.
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The parade marchers dressed in a sea of fishnets, glitter, metallic scales, and neon wigs, but the crowd similarly brought their nautical A-game.
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The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.
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Channel the optimism of a 2016 summer with short nails that look like clouds of cotton candy.
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“Candyfloss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candyfloss. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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