noun · countable / uncountable · rare

blah

blah · blahs

грек, гречанка, грекиня

ничего, ни хрена

(einen) Scheiß

Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talkNonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

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/blɑː/

» We drank some booze and started to blah, blah, blah.

Немного выпили и начали бла, бла, бла. — krevedko

shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

(informal, uncountable)Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
Blabla, Gelaber
балабольствоbalabolʹstvo
(countable, in the plural, informal, uncountable)A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
(countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable)A fool, an idiot.

More definitions

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Examples

3 sentences

We drank some booze and started to blah, blah, blah.
ruНемного выпили и начали бла, бла, бла. — krevedko
shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Blah blah blah.
ruБла-бла-бла. — marafon
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
One of my Japanese teachers said "honya honya" instead of "blah blah." My ensuing laughter nearly gave me a hernia.
papabear · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

nonsense talk:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

nonsense talk:

Origin

* Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare A

* Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Ancient Greek βαρ-βαρ (bar-bar, “unintelligible sounds”), of which the word barbarian derives from.

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