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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 foodmushsemi-liquid 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

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) lacking flavour and firmness: South African "the apple is so pap I won't eat it"
   • ▪ (of a person) lacking physical or emotional strength; feeble: South African "this flu makes people feel pap"
   • ▪ (of an inflatable object) under-inflated; flat: South African "my wheel was pap so I had to push the bike home"

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

   Scrabble Points: 7

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