Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Worthless nonsense; drivel.
- n. A general feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, or depression: "Monday morning Oscar woke up with the blahs” ( New Yorker).
- adj. Dull and uninteresting.
- adj. Low in spirit or health; down: sat around all day feeling blah.
Wiktionary
- n. Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- n. A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
- adj. Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
- adj. Low in spirit or health; down.
- interj. An expression of mild frustration.
- interj. 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.
- interj. Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah, bleh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Etymologies
- Imitative of meaningless talk.
Examples
“I know I'm lame, but we've been painting the house, etc..blah blah So, picked up a premade cake and asked if they'd pipe, "YOU'RE 8!" on it.”
“Under this government wallpaper supplies have risen ten fold..blah blah.”
“Even so, I still like WordPress much much better..blah blah blah”
“More lies and drivel…..blah, blah, blah…the same old crap.”
“Bushs fault…..blah blah blah……sunburn on the beach?”
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“Israel has over-reached……blah blah blah……the failure of american schools is all Bushs fault…..blah blah blah…….health care?”
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“He asked how I was and what I was doing and Blah blah blah ”
“Let those who cast the first stone, etc..blah, blah, blah...”
“Palolim was still full of tourist, bars, restaurant and every 5 meters some local kid or seller would jump at you trying to pull you into his shop: «Come very cheap price, only have a look, .... blah blah».”
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“My brother trying to comfort me * blah blah blah*.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blah’.
strange_person blah is an interesting word. Dec 7, 2008
born2badored exclamation of disgust Dec 6, 2006