blah
Part of speech: noun
adj
intj
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: * Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from.
* 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
Compound parts: blues
blah
Inflected forms:
form: blahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bla
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: blaa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more blah
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most blah
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bla
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: blaa
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: bla
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: blaa
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: blahs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blahing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blahed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blahed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bla
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: blaa
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
gloss: A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
informal
uncountable
gloss: A fool, an idiot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
informal
uncountable
gloss: Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: 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; […]
[…] although the show deliberately showcases various luxury goods […], the overall ambience is extraordinarily bare of style and beauty, offering instead a world of blah décor, undistinguished fashions and cavernous homes that just look like overpriced McMansions.
gloss: Low in spirit or health; down.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.
gloss: An expression of mild frustration.
pos: intj
examples: Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!
gloss: 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.
pos: intj
examples: 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!
gloss: Representing the sound of vomiting.
pos: intj
gloss: To utter idle, meaningless talk.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.”
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