pablum
See also: Pablum
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin pābulum (“nourishment”), with the modern sense coming via the brand name Pablum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pablum (usually uncountable, plural pablums)
- 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:
- (dated) Nourishment.
Translations
something bland or simplistic
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nourishment — see nourishment