blah-blah-blah

American  

[blah-blah-blah] / ˈblɑˈblɑˈblɑ /

Also blah-blah

adverb

1. and so on; and so forth.

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noun

1. meaningless chatter; idle gossip.

   the blah-blah-blah of gossip columnists.

Etymology

Origin of blah-blah-blah

An Americanism first recorded in 1920–25; reduplication of blah

Example Sentences

I’m not in the same place in 2026 — about to be a dad, blah-blah-blah — that I was when I wrote that song.

From Los Angeles Times

I used the wrong cleanser on the counter, I forgot to take the folded laundry to our room, I loaded the bowls in the wrong spot in the dishwasher…blah-blah-blah.

From Literature

What another former Downing Street figure described as the "blanket blah-blah-blah, we can't comment" approach might have had its day.

From BBC

“Some of the lyrics are kind of blah-blah-blah. But I get a kick out of the songs.”

From Los Angeles Times

True, that’s not a high bar to evaluate her performance as senior senator from the wealthiest, most populous, most diverse, most bounteous, most cutting-edge, blah-blah-blah state in the country.

From Los Angeles Times

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