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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

And she really delivered a film that beneath its bubble gum exterior explores things like sexism and self-discovery and identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

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

I think I could get some of that, he said, as if indulging a child’s wish for bubble gum.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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