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Today's Word "pablum"

Something that is trite or insipid on

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pablum \PAB-luhm\ (noun) - Something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.

"But even to her, the words sounded condescending, the kind of adult pablum he'd been forced to eat a hundred times." -- John Lescroart, 'The Second Chair'

 

Pablum comes from Pablum, a trademark used for a bland soft cereal for infants.


 

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