bubblegumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• bubble gum

語源

From bubble +‎ gum.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/, /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/

名詞

bubblegum (countable and uncountable, plural bubblegums)

1. (usually uncountable) A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
2. (music, sometimes derogatory) A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity).

   Synonym: bubblegum pop

   • 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Born in the small town of Rockwood, east Tennessee, Carter’s bubblegum sound and mini-bad boy image made him the definitive millennium child star.

3. (countable and uncountable) A light pink colour, the hue in which bubblegum is traditionally coloured.

   bubblegum:  

   • 1975, William Targ, Indecent Pleasures, page 109:

     […] a bubblegum-pink leather wrist- watch band in Woolworth's window on Fifth Avenue catches my eye.

   • 1987, Judith Moore, The Left Coast of Paradise: California and the American Heart, page 36:

     Kim—tanned, a bubblegum-pink mouth, pegged jeans, high butt, high heels.

   • 2017, Sara Codair, Half Breeds:

     […] She chewed on her bubblegum lips. “I’m Chloe Green.”

   • 2026, Paige Lavoie, My Boyfriend Is a Swamp Monster

     […] scanning the crowd for Marina's familiar shade of pink hair. […] I stalk onward, casting a look at every hint of bubblegum hair. " […] Angel points toward a stage, and it's not the flash of pink hair that catches my attention; it's her voice.

派生語

形容詞

bubblegum

1. Tasting like bubblegum.
2. (informal, figuratively, by extension) Sweet, perky, or youthful.
   • 2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Last year, the Daily Mail found that Emily in Paris, a bubblegum dramedy starring Lily Collins, plugged 37 brands throughout 10 episodes.

3. (informal, music) Poppy; typical of, or in the style of, pop music.