Word of the DayThursday, September 06, 2001
pablum
\PAB-luhm\ , noun:1.
Something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.
Quotes:
I imagined his thoughts had been solely of me, that the letter would be filled with love sonnets, that it would gush with the same romantic pablum I devoured from those movie star magazines.
-- Kate Walbert, The Gardens of Kyoto
. . .the mindless pablum of celebrity journalism, the endless stories about self-promoting actors and movie stars who pretend they dislike the press.
-- Richard Stengel, "It Ain't Necessarily Bad That Nobody's Interested in Politics", Time, March 2, 2001
Origin:
Pablum comes from Pablum, a trademark used for a bland soft cereal for infants.
