pabulum

American  

[pab-yuh-luhm] / ˈpæb yə ləm /

noun

1. something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.

2. material for intellectual nourishment.

3. pablum.

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pabulum British  

/ ˈpæbjʊləm /

noun

1. food

2. food for thought, esp when bland or dull

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Etymology

Origin of pabulum

1670–80; < Latin pābulum food, nourishment, equivalent to pā ( scere ) to feed (akin to food ) + -bulum noun suffix of instrument

Example Sentences

Typically after games, a media horde descends on their locker with the team’s public relations brass in tow, and athletes respond with guarded pabulum.

From Los Angeles Times

Hidden Valley Renaissance is the ranch dressing of Italian Revival architecture — mostly pabulum, sort of has taste, taken for granted and consumed accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times

But their observations about love are such pabulum that a passer-by might mistake what their glimpsing for the opener of a "Saturday Night Live" short film parody.

From Salon

The Peabody Awards praised it for “offering the perfect counter to the enduring prevalence of toxic masculinity,” and the show’s Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular.

From New York Times

Like the weather, the pabulum of conversational palate cleansers.

From Washington Post