pablum

See also: Pablum

English

Etymology

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
nourishment — see nourishment
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