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pablum

[pab-luhm]

Origin

Trademark. a brand of soft, bland cereal for infants.

noun

(lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Pablum (ˈpɑːbləm)

—n
	trademark a cereal food for infants, developed in Canada

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Pablum

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