Now, in these parts, the word of the day may be pabulum, but we see Paplebaum before doing a double take and saying, “oh, pabulum!” Go Sox!

Pabulum is a noun meaning any kind of food stuff consumed by plants or animals to live, or food for thought, like the word “fodder.” It can also mean something bland and unstimulating, which I found odd since many epicureans are seen tossing this word around.

Turns out that there was a baby food in the 1930s that was densely nutritious and sparsely flavorful. The manufacturer named the product Pablum, taking the name from our word of the day. This is the origin of the “bland” alternate meaning.