pomp
v.— «House decorations are extravagant house boards that are made through a process called pomping, which is done by gluing tissue paper to wooden boards.» —“Students celebrate Homecoming” by Samantha Liss in University of Missouri-Columbia Maneater (Columbia, Missouri) Oct. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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