Meaning

3 senses

  1. An expression of mild frustration.

    Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!

  2. Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.

    Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.

    And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!

    бла̀-бла̀-бла́blà-blà-blá

  3. Representing the sound of vomiting.

Examples

3 sentences

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

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

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  2. Blah blah blah.

    ruБла-бла-бла. — marafon

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  3. One of my Japanese teachers said "honya honya" instead of "blah blah." My ensuing laughter nearly gave me a hernia.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
imitative of meaningless 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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Forms

Synonyms

10 synonyms
blastB2bahdratfieblah blah blahyada yada yadableahblechblehblah blah

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bladderbladeB2bladedblakeblameB1
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