Definition of "pablum" [pablum]

• Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope” ( Julie Salamon). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "That he has persisted, and done a masterful job of using their attempts to silence him or manipulate his information into pablum is to his credit."
• "How long have we been getting pablum from the “Eyewitless News” teams, both national and local?"
• "The most compelling lure of NDS pablum is that it's … pablum."