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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Definition:

A form of deception; more style than substance.

Example Dialogue:

A: I hear the new software is almost complete. But does it work?
B: I don’t know, but I hear that the new software is mostly smoke and mirrors. It looks good, but it does not work well.

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