Pap : 아무 가치 없는 것, (책·잡지·텔레비전 프로 등) 어린애 장난 같은 것, 쓸모 없는 것, 실속없는 것 , (아기·환자를 위한) 죽, 이유식, 유동식, (정치적)청탁, (줄임말)파파라치
1)
pap, an uncountable noun, to say something that has no real value
it's nonsense
it's rubbish
it has no substance
he is talking sheer pap, what he is saying is absolute pap
it's comepletely untrue, wrong
it's not vaild in the slightest
it's worthless, it's trivial
something is absolute rubbishes
pap, garbage, drivel
very often we use this for entertainment industry
98 of things on television nowadays are just pap, they are worthless and trivial
I guess this book is absolute pap
it's of no real value
if you describe information as pap or entertainment as pap, it's just of no serious interest
it's got no meat to it
the pap that he gives his viewers is incredible drivel
he speaks nothing but intellectual pap, there's absolutely no substance to it at all
its just something that is just worthless
2)
pap can also be soft food
food that is soft and has very little taste
I think there used to be a baby food called pablum, which effectively is a pap, it's like a cereal for babies
something like baby cereals, you could also call them a pap food in the form of a soft paste especially given to young children
you made a pap by boiling bread in water
she was feeding pap to her infant
3)
I've also actually seen this word, used meaning political favors
as his father was a leading politician, he received all sorts of pap, advantages from omething like that
4)
you can also actually use the word pap, as a shortening of paparazzi
but I don't think that is so common
Formality : 3.5 for sheer pap
Formality : 5 for pap for babies
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