Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles.
- noun Slang A style of popular music designed to appeal to adolescents, characterized by bouncy rhythms and a generally cheerful tone.
- adjective Of or characteristic of bubblegum music.
- adjective Marked by or displaying an adolescent immaturity, as in style or taste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sweet
chewing gum formulated to bestretchy so thechewer canblow bubbles with it. - noun sometimes derogatory A type of
pop music marked bysweetness ,pep andcharm (rather thandepth orcomplexity ). - adjective tasting like bubblegum
- adjective by extension,
sweet ,perky , oryouthful
Etymologies
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Examples
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Violence in movies/stories can add intensity and be beneficial, but when the violence is what stands out as opposed to the story, then it's just another of what I call a bubblegum movie.
Sound Off: The Happening - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Yep, the person who gratuitously killed the man who pleaded for his life is the Times 'freshly-minted Groom of the Week, resplendent in fine suit and "bubblegum" - hued tie.
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Since public opinion can change rapidly, the singer can reasonably achieve overnight success aka the bubblegum bands.
Caster Semenya – Sex-Testing Champion Athletes « Gender Across Borders 2009
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In addition, the idea of bubblegum or popcorn flavored jelly beans...eewwww.
Archive 2007-04-01 littlemissattitude 2007
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In addition, the idea of bubblegum or popcorn flavored jelly beans...eewwww.
Holiday silliness... littlemissattitude 2007
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Jinks, with the Cattanooga Cats trying to appear but being too "bubblegum" LOL Beats me as to who I'd cast to replace the great Daws Butler and Arnold Stang.
What Current Shows Would Make Good ’80s Cartoons? - TV Guidance - Macleans.ca 2010
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It's some kind of bubblegum pseudo intellectual 6th form student inane drivel?
The Big Question. 2009
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Groovy art works with nice ingredients such as bubblegum, sleaze and fantasy.
Rockin' Jellybean mrdantefontana 2006
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My first book was called bubblegum fantasy, and I’m good with that.
Archive 2010-01-01 Jeff C 2010
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My first book was called bubblegum fantasy, and I’m good with that.
In Defense of Criticism jimhines 2010
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It was particularly confusing because there were multiple “eras”—the first wave surrounding PC Musicologists like Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, and A .G. Cook in the 2010s (often also called bubblegum bass), and then the swarm of pandemic teens (digicore), who were lumped into the descriptor despite making vastly different styles.
The Lost Promises of Hyperpoptimism Kieran Press-Reynolds 2024
treeseed commented on the word bubblegum
Have you ever had a bubblegum cigar? My favorite were the yellow banana flavored ones that sold for 5 cents when I was a kid. See Free Associate
February 4, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word bubblegum
A strain of medical marijuana.
January 15, 2010
TankHughes commented on the word bubblegum
Bubblegum was not initially a flavor, it just described the kind of gum it is. What flavor is bubblegum? Pink sugar?
June 22, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word bubblegum
Chemicals such as ethyl methylphenylglycidate, isoamyl acetate, fruit extracts, and others give bubblegum its sweet flavor. When blended, the chemicals and extracts fuse to make a sweet, palatable flavor.
Fast-food chain McDonald's experimented with bubblegum flavor to create broccoli that tasted like bubblegum. Children who taste-tested the broccoli did not like it. The project was a failure and McDonald's abandoned the idea.
June 22, 2015
bilby commented on the word bubblegum
I like broccoli that tastes like broccoli.
June 23, 2015