pab|lum

pab|lum
pab|lum «PAB luhm», noun.
1. a source of sustenance; pabulum: »

Figurative. The Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest…he said, had produced a report which "was sure to be taken as more pablum for the permissivists' (Listener).

2. something intellectually watered down or insipid; pap: »

You can go to Hollywood as a second assistant unit manager for ten years, make the long, stultifying climb, and finally turn out predigested pablum (New Yorker).

╂[< Pablum, a trademark of a bland cereal for infants, with meaning (especially of def. 1) influenced by pabulum]

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  • Pab — Pab·lum; pab·u·lum; pab·lum; …   English syllables

  • lum — ac·e·tab·u·lum; acic·u·lum; am·y·lum; an·te·bel·lum; an·te·o·per·cu·lum; as·co·phyl·lum; as·per·gil·lum; asy·lum; bac·u·lum; bel·lum; blaf·lum; blel·lum; bol·bo·phyl·lum; brach·y·phyl·lum; cal·o·phyl·lum; ca·lum·ba; ca·lum·ni·ate;… …   English syllables

  • pab|u|lum — «PAB yuh luhm», noun. 1. food; anything taken in by an animal or plant to maintain life and growth. SYNONYM(S): aliment, nutriment. 2. = fuel. (Cf. ↑fuel) 3. Figurative. intellectual or spiritual nourishment; food, for the mind: »The idea that it …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pablum — Pab·lum …   English syllables

  • pablum — pab·lum …   English syllables

  • Pablum — Pab•lum [[t]ˈpæb ləm[/t]] 1) nut coo Trademark. a brand of soft cereal for infants 2) (l.c.) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap …   From formal English to slang

  • pabulum — pab·u·lum …   English syllables

  • pabulum — pab•u•lum [[t]ˈpæb yə ləm[/t]] n. 1) nut something that nourishes; food 2) intellectual nourishment 3) nut coo a soft, bland cereal for infants • Etymology: 1670–80; < L pābulum food, nourishment =pā(scere) to feed + bulum n. suffix of… …   From formal English to slang

  • pabulum — Food or nutriment. [L.] * * * pab·u·lum pab yə ləm n FOOD esp a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption …   Medical dictionary

  • pabulum — pab u*lum, n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See {Pastor}.] 1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. Hence: That… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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