English
blah
Pronunciation Noun

blah

  1. (uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
  2. (informal) (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
Synonyms Translations Adjective

blah

  1. (informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
    Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.
  2. (informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
    I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.
Interjection
  1. An expression of mild frustration.
    Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!
  2. (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.
    And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!
  3. Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah, bleh.
Synonyms
  • (boring content) yada yada yada
Translations
  • Spanish: bluaa, bluaaa
Verb

blah (blahs, present participle blahing; past and past participle blahed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter idle, meaningless talk.
    • 2015, Tony Blair, Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland (in The Guardian, 29 August 2015)
      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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