blah-blah-blah
Americanadverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of blah-blah-blah
An Americanism first recorded in 1920–25; reduplication of blah
Example Sentences
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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
But just give it one more close listen, and you’ll realize how vivid Biz Markie’s storytelling could be, catching the rhythms and lulls of the courtship dance between him and the apple of his eye at the time: a woman identified as “Blah-blah-blah.”
From Washington Post
“Have you seen me on a stage saying, ‘Under the exceptional leadership of blah-blah-blah, we have blah-blah-blah-blah?”
From The Guardian
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