Pap
noun
Soft or semi-liquid food for babies or invalids.
She fed the baby its pap.
Often appears as...
- baby pap
- feed pap
noun
Useless or worthless matter.
The report was full of pap and didn't contain any useful information.
Often appears as...
- full of pap
- pap information
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The soft projection of a female mammal's breast from which milk is secreted.
She nursed the baby at her pap.
Often appears as...
- baby at pap
- nurse at pap
noun
A cereal dish made of cornmeal boiled in water or milk, most commonly in South Africa.
We had a traditional meal of pap and vleis.
Often appears as...
- pap and vleis
- eat pap
noun
Soft or semi-liquid food for babies or invalids.
She fed the baby its pap.
Often appears as...
- baby pap
- feed pap
noun
Useless or worthless matter.
The report was full of pap and didn't contain any useful information.
Often appears as...
- full of pap
- pap information
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The soft projection of a female mammal's breast from which milk is secreted.
She nursed the baby at her pap.
Often appears as...
- baby at pap
- nurse at pap
noun
A cereal dish made of cornmeal boiled in water or milk, most commonly in South Africa.
We had a traditional meal of pap and vleis.
Often appears as...
- pap and vleis
- eat pap
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Pro Tip 1/2Infant Feeding
Pap refers to food for babies, typically very soft and easy to digest.
As a newborn, the infant will mostly consume pap for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Careful Use
When used for adults, 'pap' implies the food is overly simple or unrefined.
The grown man grumbled about being fed pap after his dental surgery.
Pro Tip 1/2Infant Feeding
Pap refers to food for babies, typically very soft and easy to digest.
As a newborn, the infant will mostly consume pap for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Careful Use
When used for adults, 'pap' implies the food is overly simple or unrefined.
The grown man grumbled about being fed pap after his dental surgery.
Pro Tip 1/2Infant Feeding
Pap refers to food for babies, typically very soft and easy to digest.
As a newborn, the infant will mostly consume pap for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Careful Use
When used for adults, 'pap' implies the food is overly simple or unrefined.
The grown man grumbled about being fed pap after his dental surgery.
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This tiny particle could...
when they could be removed, when they were just getting started? Let me tell you about how miniaturization might get us there. This is a microscope in a typical lab that a pathologist would use for looking at a tissue specimen, like a biopsy or a pap smear.
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The most common STI in...
In some cases, the affected tissue may be removed. HPV infections of the throat may lead to head and neck cancers, but for now there’s no equivalent of the pap smear for the throat. Using condoms helps prevent the spread of HPV during sex.
Video examples
This tiny particle could...
when they could be removed, when they were just getting started? Let me tell you about how miniaturization might get us there. This is a microscope in a typical lab that a pathologist would use for looking at a tissue specimen, like a biopsy or a pap smear.
Video examples
The most common STI in...
In some cases, the affected tissue may be removed. HPV infections of the throat may lead to head and neck cancers, but for now there’s no equivalent of the pap smear for the throat. Using condoms helps prevent the spread of HPV during sex.
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Quote examples
Jon Favreau
American Actor
I don't want to be an art-house movie guy, where people who go to film school can discuss your work, but people who haven't studied cinema can't appreciate it. By the same token, I don't want to be the guy who's making this commercial pap that people lap up but that disappears the minute you leave the theater.
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Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I'm prepared to mentor any political group, even PAP chaps can come to me, I'll still mentor them. Because the objective must be very clear: you want to train people who will be good MPs. MPs who will think of Singapore first.
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Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
How the PAP chooses to conduct its politics is something for the PAP to decide. The public are equally entitled to respond as they deem fit - within the remit of the law - and at the ballot box.
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Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
PAP leaders, including Mr. Shanmugam, routinely ask WP MPs to clarify their positions on the spot, in Parliament. WP MPs routinely do the same to PAP ministers.
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Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
Referring to the PAP as uncaring so as to persuade some of our fellow Singaporeans to consider casting their vote for the WP will be self-defeating for us.
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Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
There is a real risk of a parliament dominated completely by elected PAP MPs. Is that a good outcome for Singapore? I would suggest it's not.
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Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
If the PAP has a two-third majority, they will have the power to change important laws like the Constitution at will, whenever they wish.
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Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP.
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Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
We've lived with the PAP all our lives, and we know how powerful they are.
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Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I'm not sponsored by anybody but myself... I'm not sponsored by the PAP.
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Jon Favreau
American Actor
I don't want to be an art-house movie guy, where people who go to film school can discuss your work, but people who haven't studied cinema can't appreciate it. By the same token, I don't want to be the guy who's making this commercial pap that people lap up but that disappears the minute you leave the theater.
Quote examples
Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I'm prepared to mentor any political group, even PAP chaps can come to me, I'll still mentor them. Because the objective must be very clear: you want to train people who will be good MPs. MPs who will think of Singapore first.
Quote examples
Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
How the PAP chooses to conduct its politics is something for the PAP to decide. The public are equally entitled to respond as they deem fit - within the remit of the law - and at the ballot box.
Quote examples
Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
PAP leaders, including Mr. Shanmugam, routinely ask WP MPs to clarify their positions on the spot, in Parliament. WP MPs routinely do the same to PAP ministers.
Quote examples
Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
Referring to the PAP as uncaring so as to persuade some of our fellow Singaporeans to consider casting their vote for the WP will be self-defeating for us.
Quote examples
Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
There is a real risk of a parliament dominated completely by elected PAP MPs. Is that a good outcome for Singapore? I would suggest it's not.
Quote examples
Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
If the PAP has a two-third majority, they will have the power to change important laws like the Constitution at will, whenever they wish.
Quote examples
Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP.
Quote examples
Pritam Singh
Singaporean Author
We've lived with the PAP all our lives, and we know how powerful they are.
Quote examples
Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
I'm not sponsored by anybody but myself... I'm not sponsored by the PAP.
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