# meh
## English
### Etymology 1

Popularized by the American television show The Simpsons; first used on the show in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (1994). Possibly ultimately from Yiddish מע (me, “so-so”). First attested in 1928.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /mɛ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /me/
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ

#### Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)
* Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
** 2003, steve-o, “Jam On The River Mini-Review”, in rec.music.phish‎ (Usenet):They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.
** 2006, Suzanne D., “Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006”, in alt.tv.american-idol‎ (Usenet):The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.
** 2006, FunkyM, “Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night…”, in rec.sport.pro.wrestling‎ (Usenet):Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.
* Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
** 2003, Dana, “10/18/03 Shows”, in alt.tv.trading-spaces‎ (Usenet):Both shows left me feeling, meh.
** 2004, jennifer, “The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it…”, in alt.gossip.celebrities‎ (Usenet):I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.
** 2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, “Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games”, in rec.games.video.sega‎ (Usenet):I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.

##### Translations
#### Interjection

meh
* (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.
    “What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”
    “That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”
** 1995 March 19, “Lisa's Wedding”, in The Simpsons:Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!” Bart: “Meh”.
** 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎:Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

##### Synonyms

* pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh

##### Translations

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#### Noun

meh
* (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

### Etymology 2

From Cantonese 咩 (me$^1$).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /mɛ(ː)˦/, /mɛ(ː)˦˨/

#### Particle

meh (Manglish, Singlish)
* (interrogative) Final question particle expressing skepticism.
    Really meh? ― Really? I don’t think so.
    This one your one meh? ― Is this really yours?
** 2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.
** 2013 October 7, Tee Hun Ching, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 12:“Nice meh?” I would think sourly.
** 2020, Yasser Khan, Property Agent Secrets: The Underground Playbook For Growing Your Property Agent Business in 2021 & Beyond‎, →ISBN, page 123:"Huh? At this hour? Really meh?" He couldn't believe his own ears.
** 2024 March 28, Benjamin Tan, “In Their Own Skin: Portraits of Eczema in Singapore”, in ricemedia.co‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2024:Not pain, meh. When you have eczema and do tattoos?

##### See also

* (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, one, sia, what

### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

meh
* A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
    Synonym: maa
** 2017, Amanda Craig, The Lie of the Land, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 318:'Mehh,' they say to the ewes, and the ewes answer, ¶ 'Meeehh.' ¶ 'Mheh.' ¶ 'Meh-meh.'
** 2020, Heather Blake, A Witch to Remember, New York, N.Y.: Crooked Lane, →ISBN, page 139:Cookie was bouncing around stacks of brightly colored tires, mehhing happily, while Scal stood on one end of a teeter-totter like he was king of the world.

### References

* ↑ “A 1928 Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary May Be the First Official Record of “Meh””, in Smithsonian Magazine, 2013 September 9
* ↑ “mehh, int. and v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* Lim, L. (2007 November) “Mergers and acquisitions: On the ages and origins of Singapore English particles”, in World Englishes, volume 26, number 4, →ISSN, pages 446-473
* Leimgruber, J. (2015 October) “Bah in Singapore English”, in World Englishes‎, volume 35, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN
* Lim, L. (2004) Singapore English: A grammatical description‎, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 121

### Anagrams

* 'hem, hem-, hem, Hem, ehm

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* mef

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”)).

### Verb

meh (aorist meha)
* to soak

#### Related terms

* muf

## East Central German
### Etymology

From Middle High German mēre, from Old High German mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô, from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).

### Adjective

meh
* (Erzgebirgisch) more

### Adverb

meh
* (Erzgebirgisch) any longer
* (Erzgebirgisch) more
* (Erzgebirgisch) anymore

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

## Kholosi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).

### Noun

meh ?
* rain

### References

* Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎, pages 13-36

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (compare Persian ماه (mâh), Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬢𐬵 (maoŋh)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛh

### Noun

meh f
* month

#### Related terms

* mang

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German mēr, from Old High German mēro. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meː/

### Adjective

meh
* more

### Adverb

meh
* any longer
* more
* anymore

## Scots
### Etymology

Dialectal representation of ma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ/

### Determiner

meh
* (Dundee) my
    Synonyms: ma, wir
    Eh hud meh eh on a peh. ― I had my eye on a pie.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* mijȇh (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měxъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mêːx/

### Noun

mȇh m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑х)
* blower, bellows
* goatskin, wineskin

#### Related terms

* mešina

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měxъ

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /méːx/

### Noun

mẹ̑h m inan
* bellows

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “meh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “meh”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛ̀(h)]
* Hyphenation: meh

### Noun

meh
* Fort Liard form of mbeh

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11

## Spanish
### Interjection

meh
* meh

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (“mother”). Cognate with Thai แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ), Northern Thai ᨾᩯ᩵, Lao ແມ່ (mǣ), Lü ᦶᦙᧈ (mae¹), Shan မႄႈ (māae), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜧 (mē), Bouyei meeh.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /me˧/
* Tone numbers: me$^6$
* Hyphenation: meh

### Noun

meh (Sawndip forms 𭑫 or 姆 or 𫰤 or 𭒛 or 㜆, 1957–1982 spelling meƅ)
* mother
    Synonym: daxmeh
* woman; female

### Classifier

meh (1957–1982 spelling meƅ)
* Used for adult women who have given birth.
* Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.

### Adjective

meh (1957–1982 spelling meƅ)
* main; principal

### Derived terms

* mehfwngz