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blah

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈbɫɑ// UK //blˈɑː// blah Informal Vulgar

n. boring or empty talk that does not mean anything. You use it when you think someone is talking too much about things that are not important.

n. nonsense, trivialities, or empty talk. Often used to dismiss a speaker's content as repetitive or predictable; informal in register.


SIMPLE

I'm tired of all this political blah.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager spent an hour talking about synergy and growth, but to the tired staff, it was just a lot of blah.

COMPLEX

The report was filled with corporate blah that obscured the fact that the company had actually lost money for three consecutive quarters.

Synonyms
Origin

* 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

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