blah

/blɑː/

blah

English Noun Top 3,487

American (Lessac) (medium)

Female 0.5s

American (Amy) (medium)

Female 0.8s

American (Ryan) (medium)

Male 0.3s

Definition

Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

Etymology

* Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”) * Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”). * The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; probably a blend of the blues + blah (adjective). * Also may be connected with bleat