blah
Americannoun
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of blah
First recorded in 1915–20; imitative
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He said as Morrison was leaving at the end of their jam session he said: "Nice voice, nice songs, blah, blah, blah."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Kryptonite radiation got to Kara’s parents anyway; they sent her to Earth as a teenager, it had a terrible impact — blah, blah, you get the picture.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
In early December I saw Williams at a WSJ Tech Live event, and when I asked her about a possible comeback—Tom Brady did it, blah blah blah, I said—she politely brushed it away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“The race itself was a bit blah — I sat in the same position for most of it,” Dixon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Blah, blah, blah, during Ernie’s push-ups and sit-ups, which he did for twice as long just because he was sure Tess would like muscles.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Shrewdly, once the exuberance ends, Flanagan lets the blahs back in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
The best defense against the February blahs is to have a pot of something savory bubbling away on the stove.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Q: My 1990s beige bathroom is giving me the blahs every time I use it.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
It's exactly the right dessert to chase away the winter blahs, a cake that feels festive when the weather says otherwise.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2022
As deeply serious as it is deeply funny, “Get Out” is perfectly timed to jolt audiences out of their midwinter blahs, delivering classic genre whammies with a generous serving of cultural critique.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2017
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