hot air vs rhetoric

hot air

noun
  • Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster. 

  • Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon. 

rhetoric

noun
  • Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. 

  • The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. 

adj
  • Synonym of rhetorical. 

How often have the words hot air and rhetoric occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )