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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

What does the bubble gum they chomp during “Too Pooped to Pop” give them?

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 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

Don’t be surprised if Francona grabs a few pieces of bubble gum and hides somewhere out of sight while it plays.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Then his cheeks turned as pink as bubble gum and he practically ran away.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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