bubblegum

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Crossover hit: "Times Divide," which has a pleasantly twirling guitar countermelody winding through the distortion, sounds ready for the bubblegum-pink marble vinyl treatment stat.

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  1. noun Chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles.
  2. noun Slang A style of popular music designed to appeal to adolescents, characterized by bouncy rhythms and a generally cheerful tone.
  3. adjective Slang Of or characteristic of bubblegum music: bubblegum rock.
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  • The poor frightened child was gulping down the oxy like nobody's business This had to stop Standard practice was to use sleeping pills, but Sophie's bubblegum-pink suit lacked such grown-up supplies. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 04 - April 2007 (v1.0) [html]
  • I smell bubblegum, peppermint, and something faintly sour. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
  • I left them at the checkout counter with a bubblegum-chewing girl who couldn't have been more than sixteen, then wandered over to check on Davy. —  AHMM,July-August2008
  • This includes science behind why the product works and applies that understanding to the comparisons of popcorn, bubblegum, make­up, detergents, cleaning experiment. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Too many shows are mindless drivel like mental bubblegum, whereas LoM actually makes you pay attention and think, which is why it didn't last here. —  FlickFilosopher.com
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