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blah

noun
/blɑː/UK/bla/

Etymology

* Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”) * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”). * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective). * Also may be connected with bleat

  1. derived from blasé — “bored, indifferent”

Definitions

  1. Nonsense

    Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

  2. A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild…

    A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.

  3. A fool, an idiot.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Dull

      Dull; uninteresting; insipid.

      • Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.
      • He was struck by how much pleasure they seemed to take in their daytime lives, how blah their night work was by contrast, how altogether meaningless; […]

    2. Low in spirit or health

      Low in spirit or health; down.

      • I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.

    3. An expression of mild frustration.

      • Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!

    4. Imitative of idle, meaningless talk

      Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.

      • Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.
      • And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!

    5. Representing the sound of vomiting.

    6. To utter idle, meaningless talk.

      • Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money — […] So give it away, endow a charitable foundation, burn it, but stop blahing on about it […]
      • Someone else said to me: “If you’re writing something again, don’t blah on about winning elections; it really offends them.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blah. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA