pablum
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pābulum (“nourishment”).
Noun [edit]
pablum (uncountable)
- Anything overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing.
- 1992, October 23rd, Daily Sentinel, Writer Likes Clinton, on page 2:
- The Republican argument today is pablum, mush and saccharine (which exhausts my edible metaphors).
- 1992, October 23rd, Daily Sentinel, Writer Likes Clinton, on page 2:
Translations [edit]
smth bland or simplistic
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