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bla
Kriol
Preposition
bla
- Alternative form of blanga
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (bi-l?, literally “with not”). Equivalent to Maltese b' +? le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla?/
- Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /bla/.
Preposition
bla
- without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
Usage notes
- Bla negates the preposition b'. It is followed by a noun without any article or determiner. In all other cases, especially for the negation of ma', the preposition ming?ajr is used.
Spanish
Noun
bla m (plural blas)
- blah (idle talk)
Derived terms
- blablablá, bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla
- blablá, bla bla, bla-bla
Swedish
Adverb
bla
- Misspelling of bl.a..
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blah
English
Etymology
- Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Perhaps, but cf Greek "barbarbar” ‘unintelligible sounds’ (Grillo 1989:174).
- Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”).
- The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; extension of adjective sense and influenced by term the blues.
- Also may be connected with bleat
GRILLO, R.D. 1989. Dominant languages: Language and hierarchy in Britain and France. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bl??/
- IPA(key): /bla/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
blah (countable and uncountable, plural blahs)
- (uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- (informal) (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
Synonyms
- (nonsense, drivel): bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle
- (feeling of boredom, mild depression): malaise
Translations
Adjective
blah (comparative more blah, superlative most blah)
- (informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
- Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.
- (informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
- I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.
Interjection
blah
- An expression of mild frustration.
- Synonyms: bah, blast, drat, (archaic) fie
- Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!
- (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.
- Synonyms: blah blah, blah blah blah, yada yada yada
- 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!
- Representing the sound of vomiting.
- Synonyms: bleah, blech, bleh
Translations
Verb
blah (third-person singular simple present blahs, present participle blahing, simple past and past participle blahed)
- (intransitive) To utter idle, meaningless talk.
- 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.”
- 2015, Tony Blair, Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland (in The Guardian, 29 August 2015) [1]
See also
- barbarian
- rhubarb
Anagrams
- Bahl
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