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Starters in Pride and Prejudice - tasteless stuff (3)

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I believe the answer is:

pap

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'tasteless stuff' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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'starters in pride and prejudice' is the wordplay.
'starters in' says to take the initial letters (the letters which start the words).
The initial letters of 'pride and prejudice' is 'PAP'.

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(Other definitions for pap that I've seen before include "Bland soft food" , "Palindromic semi-liquid food as for babies or invalids" , "mindless entertainment" , "Mushy food for children or invalids" , "Soft mushy food for infants or invalids" .)

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