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DictionarypapSoft food
noun

pap

PAP/pæp/

Soft bland food that requires little chewing.

The adults push away the tray of bland pap during the lesson.

Adults at a lesson push away a tray of bland mush-like material and childish blocks while more substantial learning tools sit unused nearby, showing content that is thin, oversimplified, and worthless to them.
Etymology
papLatinfood, in children's language

A children's word for food became the name for soft infant food or gruel. Figuratively, pap is material reduced to something bland and easily consumed, especially oversimplified ideas.

In context

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he speaks nothing but intellectual Pap … there's absolutely no substance to it at all
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when asked to write a novel for girls she replied that it was quote unquote moral Pap for the young
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More examples

  • She soaks bread in warm milk to make pap.
  • While his mouth heals, he eats bland pap instead of solid food.
  • The supposedly serious documentary offers nothing but sentimental pap.

Similar words

mush
A soft, thick mass of food, not necessarily bland.
gruel
Specifically a thin porridge made by boiling grain.
puree
Food blended until smooth, often with a distinct flavor.