noun, masculine/sa.la.ma.lɛk/plural: salamalecs
a show of politeness, deference or flattery which is hypocritical, affected or exaggerated; salaam
“Avec un sale accent, pas de salamalecs, me dit Hassan l’athlète / Originaire d'Algérie, d'Hollywood à Tamanrasset”
Borrowed from Arabic اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “hello; peace be upon you”).