pabulum
Americannoun
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something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.
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material for intellectual nourishment.
noun
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food
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food for thought, esp when bland or dull
Etymology
Origin of pabulum
1670–80; < Latin pābulum food, nourishment, equivalent to pā ( scere ) to feed (akin to food ) + -bulum noun suffix of instrument
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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 ● Dec. 27, 2024
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 ● May 15, 2022
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 ● Nov. 17, 2021
Well, at least a 10-minute look when one cuts out all of the promotional pabulum for the cartoon.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2018
"Open this worthy knight where you will, you will be pretty sure to find some intellectual pabulum."
From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
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