Pablum
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- noun
- /ˈpæbləm/
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Pablum
- THE PRODUCT: MOSTLY PABLUM
Examples
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While podiatry services are no longer paid for, too bad you diabetics, they do still pay for a front tooth (forget the rest, Pablum anyone?) replacement for job seekers.
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Pablum.
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...eat your Pablum like a good boy...
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Glen does his own groundwork, unlike the other networks, whose news sounds like they all get it from the same source and is about as bland as pablum.
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That would mean bands would strive to write better music, and A&R reps would have to be more discerning with the music they endorsed, only putting forth things they truly believed in, music that moved them rather than mass-produced, homogenized pablum they trade in these days.
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The baby eagerly ate his Pablum for breakfast every morning.
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After a long day, she prepared some Pablum for her toddler to ensure he had a nutritious meal.
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Parents often choose Pablum as a first food for their infants because it is easy to digest.
Synonyms
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A food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast
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Soft bland food that is easy to swallow
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Something that provides food for animals or living cells
Soft wet food that babies or sick people can eat
Soft, thin food that people give to babies or sick people
How Bland
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pablum started as the brand name for a soft, bland cereal made for babies. Its name comes from the Latin pabulum, meaning 'food' or 'nourishment', so Pablum is literally 'food for little children'.