hokum
1. Nonsense. The word is likely a portmanteau of "hocus-pocus" and "bunkum." His explanation is total hokum and doesn't answer the question at all.
2. Trite and mawkish content in a creative work. I guess I was supposed to be crying at that movie's ending, but it just struck me as hokum.
hokum
(ˈhokəm) n. nonsense. (see also hocus. Possibly a blend of hocus + bunkum. Possibly a pseudo Latin form of hocus.) No more hokum. I want the truth.