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Pab·lum       [pab-luhm] Pronunciation Key
1.Trademark. a brand of soft, bland cereal for infants.
–noun
2.(lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
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pab·lum       (pāb'ləm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).


[From Pablum.]

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Pab·lum       (pāb'ləm)  Pronunciation Key 
A trademark used for a bland soft cereal for infants.

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pablum

noun
1. a soft form of cereal for infants 
2. worthless or oversimplified ideas [syn: pap] 

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