boilerplate vs pulp

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

pulp

noun
  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. 

  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. 

  • A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). 

  • The underside of a human fingertip; a finger pad. 

  • The very soft tissue in the spleen. 

  • The soft center of a tooth. 

  • A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. 

  • The soft center of a fruit. 

verb
  • To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. 

  • To beat to a pulp. 

  • To make or be made into pulp. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication. 

How often have the words boilerplate and pulp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )