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blah

  [blah] Slang.
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–noun
1. nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
2. the blahs, a feeling of physical uneasiness, general discomfort, or mild depression; malaise: After the long weekend many workers had the Monday-morning blahs.
–adjective
3. insipid; dull; uninteresting.
Origin:
1915–20; imit.

Synonyms:
1. bunkum, humbug, hooey, eyewash, twaddle, bosh.
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blah   (blä)   
n.  

  1. Worthless nonsense; drivel.

  2. blahs A general feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, or depression: "Monday morning Oscar woke up with the blahs" (New Yorker).

adj.  

  1. Dull and uninteresting.

  2. Low in spirit or health; down: sat around all day feeling blah.


[Imitative of meaningless talk.]
blah adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
blah [blɑ]

  1. mod.
    bland; dull. : After a blah day like this I need something really exciting like a hot bath.
  2. mod.
    depressed; worn out. : I'm really blah. Would you mind awfully if I just went home?
  3. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated; very drunk. : We are going to get totally blah tonight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blah  (n.)
"idle, meaningless talk," 1918, probably echoic; the adj. meaning "bland, dull" is from 1919, perhaps infl. by Fr. blasé "bored, indifferent." The blahs "depression" is first attested 1969.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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