pabulum vs shiny

pabulum

noun
  • Material that feeds a fire. 

  • Food for thought. 

  • Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals. 

  • Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words. 

shiny

noun
  • Anything shiny; a trinket. 

adj
  • Reflecting light. 

  • Emitting light. 

  • Excellent; remarkable. 

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