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bubblegum

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1. bubblegum - Noun

2. bubblegum - Adjective

Meaning

(usually uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.

(music, sometimes derogatory) A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).

(countable and uncountable) A light pink colour, like bubblegum.
bubblegum:

Tasting like bubblegum.

(by extension) Sweet, perky, or youthful.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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[Comics] were viewed as the literary equivalent of bubblegum cards, meant to be poked into the spokes of a young mind where they would produce a satisfying-but entirely bogus-rumble of pleasure. Michael Chabon

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound. Nancy Sinatra

My face is on bubblegum wrappers now! Chaske Spencer

Some of my earliest political feelings were based on the anti-Japanese bubblegum cards I got. There were also Spanish Civil War bubblegum cards. Awful. Ed Asner

There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound. Teddy Thompson

What's the big deal I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl. I'd do it again. I thought the pictures were fine. And I was tired of being compared to Debbie Gibson and all of this bubblegum pop all the time. Britney Spears

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