blah

[ blah ]

noun

1. nonsense; rubbish:

   What they say is blah.

   Synonyms: bosh, twaddle, eyewash, hooey, humbug, bunkum

2. the blahs, a feeling of physical uneasiness, general discomfort, or mild depression; malaise:

   After the long weekend many workers had the Monday-morning blahs.

adjective

1. insipid; dull; uninteresting.

blah

/ blɑː /

noun

1. worthless or silly talk; claptrap

adjective

1. uninteresting; insipid

verb

1. intr to talk nonsense or boringly

Word History and Origins

Origin of blah¹

First recorded in 1915–20; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of blah¹

C20 imit

Example Sentences

It was like this big fun theater with loud, blah, blah, blah … and you just needed … You could have the funniest person in the world, but it would not be right.

From Ozy

When boredom is defined this way, the busyness of, say, parents of young children provides little protection against feeling blah.

From Science News

My style was to tough it out, which earned me great praise for strength, dignity, blah blah blah.

From Washington Post

People were saying the world was going to heat up, there’s nothing we could do about it, we just have to adapt, blah, blah.

From Nautilus

That tissue ranks in looks somewhere between blah and dried-up dog droppings.

From Science News For Students

I hand him the script and with it a little speech about how excited and pleased I am with the work, blah-blah-blah.

From The Daily Beast

They tried to justify with her taking all these other pills and blah blah.

From The Daily Beast

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war blah blah blah.

From The Daily Beast

This morning, however, the Bureau of Labor Statistics served up a meh burger, slathered with blah sauce.

From The Daily Beast

They had been through it all before in Madrid, Oslo, Camp David, Taba, Annapolis, and blah, blah, blah.

From The Daily Beast

He has gone towards the kitchen— Sudah dia jalan sa-blah dapor.

From Project Gutenberg

There will be four windows on each side opening down to the floor— Sa-blah ampat jandela panjang ter-buka sampei di bendul.

From Project Gutenberg

No one could cut through the constant, maddening mental blah-blah-blah that was being churned out by Barcelona's noisemakers.

From Project Gutenberg