Schnickschnack

"Schickschnack" is all the bells and whistles - the adornments, decorations and accoutrements - that make life both snazzy and weighty. Like the knick-knacks you got for your birthday from some distant relative, which are now collecting dust on your bookshelves. But Germans take "Schnickschnack" to a whole new level, like when they say: "give it to me straight, without all the Schnickschack" - without all the fluffy, frilly stuff. So, next time you get in the take-out line, you could just say: "I'll have a burger, without all the 'Schnickschnack.'"