| 单词 | pablum |
| 释义 | pablum (once / 797019 pages) 1n 2n Pablum refers to worthless, empty ideas. Pablum is a big load of hooey. Pablum is one of many words for ideas that are worthless, dumb, silly, and especially empty. If someone is talking and talking but not saying a whole lot, they're spewing pablum. Pablum lacks specifics and depth. Pablum was originally the name of a breakfast cereal that was soft, easy to digest, and kind of empty: just like ideas that are called pablum. WORD FAMILYpablum: pablums USAGE EXAMPLES“The Blind Side” may be a “white savior” film, and the film’s heartfelt inspiration is pure pablum, but Bullock’s steeliness is infectious. Salon(Nov 24, 2016) Perhaps all of that time at Fox reading pablum was not wasted after all? New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) We reward them with the same mindlessness they serve to us, a daily exchange of pablum. Washington Post(Oct 10, 2016) 1 n worthless or oversimplified ideas 2Syn|Hyper pap drivel, garbage a worthless message n a soft form of cereal for infants Syn|Hyper Pablum cereal a breakfast food prepared from grain Pablum (once / 172329 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pablum USAGE EXAMPLESDid they appreciate how a country girl mastered the Pablum pop idiom of the early 1950s and set it gently aflame? Time(Jan 04, 2013) n a soft form of cereal for infants Syn|Hyper pablum cereal a breakfast food prepared from grain |
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