blah
Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talkNonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
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» We drank some booze and started to blah, blah, blah.
Немного выпили и начали бла, бла, бла. — krevedko
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3 sentencesMeaning
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.
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
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
plural: blahsSynonyms
112 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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