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Pab⋅lum

  [pab-luhm]
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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)   
n.  Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

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