Friday, August 7, 2009

What is "pablum"?


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Why: On the 11 Points list of 11 Occasions to Expose Your Breasts in Public, In Order of Classiness:
...that's not art. That's pablum, and self-indulgence masquerading as art.
Answer: Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: “We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope” (Julie Salamon).

Source: Answers.com

The More You Know: It is apparently also a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name (and word) comes from the Latin word pabulum, meaning "foodstuff."


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