pablums

Noun

pablum (usually uncountable, plural pablums)

1. (US, broadly, usually) Mushy, easily digested food; pap; (countable) a specific type of such 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.1957 October, Frederik Pohl, C[yril] M. Kornbluth, “Wolfbane […]. Chapter III.”, in The Galaxy. […], volume 14, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Sheldon & Co., →OCLC, page 23, column 1
2. (US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually) Something overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing.
   • "If you want to be filled with pablum and tranquilizers," [Robert F.] Kennedy told crowds, "then don’t vote for me. I'm not going to give you any tired answers. […] I'm going to tell it like it is."1971, Jules Archer, quoting Robert Francis Kennedy, “The Second Kennedy Assassination”, in 1968: Year of Crisis, New York, N.Y.: Julian Messner, →ISBN, page 94

   Synonyms:

   pabulum, pap

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