pop-tart
• noun
American A rectangular, pre-baked convenience pastry typically containing a sweet filling and often coated with icing, designed to be heated in a toaster.
"For a quick breakfast, he grabbed a frosted strawberry pop-tart before running out the door to catch the school bus."
American A young, conventionally attractive female pop singer or celebrity whose public image is perceived as manufactured, superficial, and lacking artistic depth.
"Early in her career, music critics dismissed the singer as just another manufactured pop-tart, completely underestimating her eventual growth as a songwriter."
Word Nuance & Usage
Though technically a capitalized trademark (Pop-Tart) owned by Kellogg's, the term is frequently written in lowercase as a genericized noun for toaster pastries, and occasionally used as derogatory slang for a manufactured pop starlet.
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