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pabulum

[ pab-yuh-luhm ]

noun

  1. something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.
  2. material for intellectual nourishment.


pabulum

/ ˈ±èæ²úÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™³¾ /

noun

  1. food
  2. food for thought, esp when bland or dull
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pabulum1

1670–80; < Latin ±èÄå²ú³Ü±ô³Ü³¾ food, nourishment, equivalent to ±èÄå ( scere ) to feed (akin to food ) + -bulum noun suffix of instrument
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pabulum1

C17: from Latin, from pascere to feed
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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.

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We need to be wary and watchful, and we should refuse to accept political pabulum.

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

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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.

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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.

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