meh
English
Etymology
- Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Homer's Triple Bypass".
Pronunciation
Adjective
meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)
- Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
- 2003, steve-o, Jam On The River Mini-Review [1] in rec.music.phish
- They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.
- 2006, Suzanne D., Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006 [2] in alt.tv.american-idol
- The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.
- 2006, FunkyM, Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night... [3] in rec.sport.pro.wrestling
- Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.
- 2003, steve-o, Jam On The River Mini-Review [1] in rec.music.phish
- Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
- 2003, Dana, 10/18/03 Shows [4] in alt.tv.trading-spaces
- Both shows left me feeling, meh.
- 2004, jennifer, The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it... [5] in alt.gossib.celebrities
- I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.
- 2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games [6] in rec.games.video.sega
- I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.
- 2003, Dana, 10/18/03 Shows [4] in alt.tv.trading-spaces
Translations
mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring
apathetic; unenthusiastic
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Interjection
meh
- (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.
- “What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”
- “That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”
- 1995 March 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”, The Simpsons:
- Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”
- Bart: “Meh”.
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2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[7]:
- Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.
Translations
slang: expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm
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Noun
meh
- (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *meuH- (compare Latvian maût ‘to sugmerge’, Czech mýti ‘to wash’).
Verb
meh (first-person singular past tense meha)
- to soak
Related terms
Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian ماه (mah), Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan mā̊, maoṅh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).
Noun
meh f
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) mijȇh
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *měxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
mȇh m (Cyrillic spelling ме̑х)
Declension
Declension of meh
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈméːx/
- Tonal orthography: mẹ̑h
Noun
méh m inan (genitive méha, nominative plural mehôvi)
Declension
Declension of méh (masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-)