blahとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /blɑː/
• 韻: -ɑː

名詞

blah (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 blahs)

1. (uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
2. (informal) (in 複数形, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.

同意語

• (nonsense, drivel): bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle
• (feeling of boredom, mild depression): malaise

形容詞

blah (comparative more blah, superlative most blah)

1. (informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.

   Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.

2. (informal) Low in spirit or health; down.

   I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.

間投詞

blah

1. An expression of mild frustration.

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

2. (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) 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!

3. Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah, bleh.

別の表記

• (boring content): blah blah, blah blah blah

同意語

• (boring content): yada yada yada

動詞

blah (三人称単数 現在形 blahs, 現在分詞 blahing, 過去形および過去分詞形 blahed)

1. (intransitive) To utter idle, meaningless talk.
   • 2014, Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights, page 28:

     Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money — […] So give it away, endow a charitable foundation, burn it, but stop blahing on about it […]

   • 2015, Tony Blair, Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland (in The Guardian, 29 August 2015) [1]

     Someone else said to me: “If you’re writing something again, don’t blah on about winning elections; it really offends them.”

参考

• barbarian
• bleah
• bleh
• rhubarb

アナグラム

• Bahl