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# blah

«blah» in Mova's school dictionary: **Words used to stand for boring or empty talk, usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (blah, informal); interjection (blah, blah blah); adjective (blah, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Words used to stand for boring or empty talk, usually «blah blah blah». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#m1)

2) (informal) Used instead of saying the rest of something that is obvious or boring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#m2)

3) (informal, US) Dull or not interesting; feeling a bit low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk, children say «blah blah blah» to show someone is talking too long or saying something boring. «The blahs» is a feeling of being dull and fed up. It is never used in formal writing.

### examples

- He kept going on about football, blah blah blah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x1)
- She said sorry, it won't happen again, blah blah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x2)
- The film was a bit blah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x3)
- I've got the blahs today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x4)
- Don't just say blah blah, explain properly! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x5)
- The rules are: be kind, tidy up, blah blah blah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/#x6)

### note

Very informal; never use it in school essays. Saying «blah blah» while someone is talking can be rude.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.