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Pablum (noun) means an alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).

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An alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).

Soft food that is easy to digest; pap; (as a countable noun) a particular kind of this food.

"The juice from its hydro-power dam was needed to supply meager light to a million homes and to cook the pablum for two million brand-new babies." — Frederik Pohl, Wolfbane […]. Chapter III (1957)

Speech or writing that is dull and lacks any real substance.

"Maybe we just don’t buy the pap, pablum and Pollyanification of the Futurama world view any longer because we are simply more sophisticated than the 1939ers." — David Hillel Gelernter, Prologue: The Center of Time (1996)

"The Republican argument today is pablum, mush and saccharine. (Which exhausts my edible metaphors.) Do Republicans really think that America's big problems are "taxes" and "trust"? Give me a cake." — Ben Wattenberg, Writer likes [Bill] Clinton (1992)

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C2 · Advanced serendipity Fortunate discoveries made entirely by accident.

Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

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Etymology

A variant of Pablum, the name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, together with Mead Johnson & Company. It probably shortens Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) and -bulum (a suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom, a variant of *-trom, a suffix denoting an instrument or tool). Alternatively, it may come directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- and *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932.

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What is the meaning of pablum?

"pablum" (noun) means an alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”).

What is another word for pablum?

Other words for "pablum" include pap.

What are the different meanings of pablum?

"pablum" has 3 main meanings: 1. An alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”); 2. Soft food that is easy to digest; pap; (as a countable noun) a particular kind of this food; 3. Speech or writing that is dull and lacks any real substance.

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