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plural blahs · alternative bla · alternative blaa

1. informaluncountableNonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

   Synonyms: bosh, bombast, rubbish, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce

2. countablein pluralinformaluncountableA general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.

   Synonyms: malaise

3. countablederogatoryinformaluncountableA fool, an idiot.

comparative more blah · superlative most blah · alternative bla · alternative blaa

1. informalDull; uninteresting; insipid.

   Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.

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   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; […]

   2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

   […] 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.

   2025 May 6, Ross Douthat, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Miserable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

2. informalLow in spirit or health; down.

   I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.

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1. An expression of mild frustration.

   Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!

   Synonyms: bah, blast, drat, fie

2. When spoken repeatedly; often three times in succession: blah blah blah!; When spoken repeatedly; often three times in succession: blah blah blah!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.

   Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.

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   And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!

   Synonyms: blah blah, blah blah blah, yada yada yada

3. Representing the sound of vomiting.

   Synonyms: bleah, blech, bleh

present singular third person blahs · participle present blahing · participle past blahed · past blahed · alternative bla · alternative blaa

1. intransitiveTo utter idle, meaningless talk.

   Someone else said to me: “If you’re writing something again, don’t blah on about winning elections; it really offends them.”

   2015 August 29, Tony Blair, “Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland”, in The Guardian

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   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 […]

   2014, Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights, page 28