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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæbləm/

Noun

pablum (usually uncountable, plural pablums)

1. 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).

2. (dated) Nourishment.

Translations

something bland or simplistic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單調乏味／单调乏味 (dāndiào fáwèi), 单调乏味 (dāndiào fáwèi) (adj.)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: puppu
• French: bouillie (fr) f
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• German: Einheitsbrei (de) m
• Russian: бана́льщина (ru) f (banálʹščina)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: snack (sv)

nourishment — see nourishment