Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles.
- n. Slang A style of popular music designed to appeal to adolescents, characterized by bouncy rhythms and a generally cheerful tone.
- adj. Slang Of or characteristic of bubblegum music: bubblegum rock.
- adj. Slang Marked by or displaying an adolescent immaturity, as in style or taste.
- adj. Slang Vapid; bland: "Bubblegum news . . . is information packaged like a Krazy Kat cartoon” ( Tom Shales).
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From bubble + gum. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
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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.”
“Since public opinion can change rapidly, the singer can reasonably achieve overnight success aka the bubblegum bands.”
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“In addition, the idea of bubblegum or popcorn flavored jelly beans...eewwww.”
“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.”
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“It's some kind of bubblegum pseudo intellectual 6th form student inane drivel?”
“Groovy art works with nice ingredients such as bubblegum, sleaze and fantasy.”
“My first book was called bubblegum fantasy, and I’m good with that.”
“Karan Johar says he was judged too soon as a 'bubblegum' filmmaker.”
“And despite his obvious pro-Russell bias, Lawrence gives equal voice to the mixed reactions and ruffled feathers after Russell invited Jonathan Richman to play a stand at the Kitchen, or when Russell debuted his composition "Instrumentals," which mixed forms such as bubblegum rock and symphonic soul into the slowly revolving movements of Phillip Glass-ian minimalism.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bubblegum’.
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
confectionary
lollies sweets
caramel gets 48 hits
chocolate gets 112 hits
nonpareil 83 hitsconfectionary, chocolate, chew, alcorza, taffy, lolly, sweets, blackball, bonbon, brickle, bubblegum, cachou and 137 more...
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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Fictional music genres
fudgepunk, whangboogie, electrogush, jizzbilly, glambient, queasy listening, chip shop, baroque'n'roll, prog folk, chemo, riant grrl, blingfolk and 584 more...
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Vendance Is Mine
Vot? Stuff dispensed from vending machines. Don't ask vhy.
p.s. Generic, no brand names please.bubblegum, soft drinks, cigarettes, coffee, muesli bars, phone cards, stale peanuts, chicken salad san..., cheeseburger, peanut butter coo..., an original work ..., amaretto-flavored... and 62 more...
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There's a sucker born every minute
Confections to sweeten the breath.
dragée, cachou, betel, chew, chaw, gum, bubblegum, gumball, mint, peppermint, mint imperial, after dinner mint and 21 more...
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Public List: Free Association
Read the top word on the list and add a word that you associate with it. The association may be semantic, etymological, structural, literary, personal, etc.
Rules:
1. In t...mounch, mensch, trench, war, harmony, guitar, cigar, bubblegum, baseball cards, shortstop, bear, chained and 72 more...
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Bubbles
bubble, bubbles, Bubbles, boy in the bubble, dot-com bubble, soap bubble, antibubble, Local Bubble, bubble tea, bubble gum, bubblegum, bubble wrap and 54 more...
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sex organs
funny names for the private parts.
( noun, randomness, funny )
also see: http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a...hooha, wee wee, twat, ding dong, ding-a-ling, prick, wang, schlong, willy, rod, bum, box and 29 more...
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Childhood
Hula-Hoop, fairies, twirl, twinkle, glitter, candyland, firefly, June bug, wonderland, Alice-in-Wonderland, bedtime stories, spelling bee and 27 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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zzyyxx's Words
plethora, drout, functional, rye, wring, doubt, cognative, weird, gnaw, surcease, rend, languish and 438 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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librarygoblin's words
crystal, ghost, mist, snow, labyrinth, citadel, tomb, mystery, arcane, conundrum, echo, dynamo and 389 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bubblegum.
hernesheir A strain of medical marijuana. Jan 15, 2010
treeseed 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 Feb 4, 2008