pablum UK /ˈpæbləm/US /ˈpæbl(ə)m/ noun3 •(US) Mushy, easily digested food; pap; (countable) a specific type of such food.The juice from its hydro-power dam was needed to supply meager light to a million homes and to cook the pablum for two million brand-new babies. — 1957 •(US, figurative) Something overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing."If you want to be filled with pablum and tranquilizers," [Robert F.] Kennedy told crowds, "then don’t vote for me. I'm not going to give you any tired answers. […] I'm going to tell it like it is." — 1971 •(US) Alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”). formspablums