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   pap

   /pap/

   noun

   • 1. bland soft or semi-liquid food such as that suitable for babies or invalids: "a trayful of tasteless pap" Similar soft foodmushsemiliquid foodbaby foodslopslushswillpulppureemashpasteinformal:googloopgookglop
   • ▪ (in Africa and the Caribbean) porridge, usually made with maize meal.
   • 2. worthless or trivial reading matter or entertainment: "limitless channels serving up an undemanding diet of pap" Similar triviapulppulp fictiontrashnonsensefrothrubbishcandyflossinformal:dreckdriveltwaddlerotrare:pabulumpablum

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pappe, probably based on Latin pappare ‘eat’.

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