bubblegum
bubblegum Lexical Profile
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• noun
A sweet, elastic type of chewing gum specifically formulated to be blown into large bubbles out of the mouth.
"The young baseball player blew a huge pink bubble with his bubblegum while waiting in the dugout."
A genre of upbeat, catchy popular music marketed primarily to pre-teens and teenagers.
"In the late sixties, bubblegum dominated the summer music charts."
• adjective
Light, upbeat, overly sweet, and lacking in intellectual depth or seriousness, especially in reference to popular music or youth culture.
"The radio station played a steady stream of catchy bubblegum hits from the late nineties."
Having a bright, vivid shade of pink resembling traditional chewing gum.
"She painted her bedroom walls a vibrant bubblegum pink."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century as a compound of 'bubble' and 'gum', popularized in 1928 when accountant Walter Diemer invented a less sticky, more elastic pink chewing gum formula.