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bubble gum

British  

noun

  1. a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles

  2. slang

    1. crassly commercial pop music aimed at the very young

    2. ( as modifier )

      a bubble-gum hit

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If you were on Instagram in 2016, the odds of you spotting this bubble gum pink wall on your timeline was extremely high.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and is held together with the digital equivalent of Scotch tape and bubble gum.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

To quote the legendary “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in the cult classic movie “They Live,” the president had to choose between kicking a*s and chewing bubble gum — and he was all out of bubble gum.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2024

In the 1930s, companies began printing athletes’ biographies on baseball cards and selling them in packs of bubble gum.

From National Geographic • Nov. 3, 2023

She picks up three pieces of bubble gum and one small box of Dots.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson