Blah
noun
Boring or meaningless talk or writing.
He just kept talking blah blah blah and I lost interest.
Often appears as...
- blah blah blah
- talk blah
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
interjection
Used to suggest that something is boring or without meaningful content.
He gave a long speech about his plans for the company, but it was all blah.
Often appears as...
- all blah
- be blah
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Lacking interesting features or characteristics, dull.
The city skyline was incredibly blah.
Often appears as...
- feel blah
- look blah
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
Boring or meaningless talk or writing.
He just kept talking blah blah blah and I lost interest.
Often appears as...
- blah blah blah
- talk blah
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
interjection
Used to suggest that something is boring or without meaningful content.
He gave a long speech about his plans for the company, but it was all blah.
Often appears as...
- all blah
- be blah
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Lacking interesting features or characteristics, dull.
The city skyline was incredibly blah.
Often appears as...
- feel blah
- look blah
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Impatience
Use 'blah' when you're tired of what someone is saying or it seems unimportant.
She went on about her diet, blah blah blah, so I tuned out.
Pro Tip 2/3Mimicking Speech
'Blah' mimics the sound of speech when details don't matter or are too long.
He started explaining the process, blah blah blah, so I got the gist.
Pro Tip 3/3Summarizing Overload
Use 'blah' to summarize a speech or writing that overloaded you with information.
The lecture was an hour of legal terms, blah blah blah!
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Impatience
Use 'blah' when you're tired of what someone is saying or it seems unimportant.
She went on about her diet, blah blah blah, so I tuned out.
Pro Tip 2/3Mimicking Speech
'Blah' mimics the sound of speech when details don't matter or are too long.
He started explaining the process, blah blah blah, so I got the gist.
Pro Tip 3/3Summarizing Overload
Use 'blah' to summarize a speech or writing that overloaded you with information.
The lecture was an hour of legal terms, blah blah blah!
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Impatience
Use 'blah' when you're tired of what someone is saying or it seems unimportant.
She went on about her diet, blah blah blah, so I tuned out.
Pro Tip 2/3Mimicking Speech
'Blah' mimics the sound of speech when details don't matter or are too long.
He started explaining the process, blah blah blah, so I got the gist.
Pro Tip 3/3Summarizing Overload
Use 'blah' to summarize a speech or writing that overloaded you with information.
The lecture was an hour of legal terms, blah blah blah!
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David S. Rose: 10 things...
why you want to invest, why this all makes sense. That said, we only have a very short time, so let's run through the things to include in your presentation. First of all, none of these big, long-titled slides with blah, blah, I'm presenting to so-and-so on X date. I know the day, I know who I am -- I don't need all that. Just give me your company logo.
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What's in Dry-Erase...
and hexanoic acid blah blah ester come together to make a dry erasable ink except the thing is if you look these ingredients up online you will either find that they have a bajillion listed uses or none now normally this is where I would turn to the scientific community for help but no one seems to be doing a
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Your phone company is...
have stored about me and I asked him once and I asked him again and I got no real answer it was only blah blah answers but then I said I want to have this information because this is my life you are rotor calling so I decided to start the lawsuit against them because I wanted to have this
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
And the shopkeeper said, "Do you want slim fit, easy fit, relaxed fit? You want button fly or zipper fly? You want stonewashed or acid-washed? Do you want them distressed? Do you want boot cut, tapered?" Blah, blah, blah on and on he went. My jaw dropped. And after I recovered, I said,
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A Choreographer's...
So here goes, world premiere dance. Yeah? Here we go. TED dance. Okay. Here it comes. I'm going to organize it quickly. So, you're going to do the first solo that we made, yeah blah blah blah blah, we go into the duet, yeah, blah blah blah blah. The next solo, blah blah blah blah,
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3 ways to create a space...
And over the next couple of minutes, I'm going to give you three ways that I think you can move through your world so that you, too, can make revelations of space, or at least reveal them. Step therapy. I know, I know, I blah, blah, blah, New Yorker, blah, blah, blah, therapy.
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
time traveler I was going to travel into the future meet myself from the past grab this woman from the audience sucker back into the time as time travels forward the present becomes the future blah blah blah I spent a crazy amount of money on this machine and the audience
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Malte Spitz: Your phone...
send me all the information you have stored about me. And I asked them once, and I asked them again, and I got no real answer. It was only blah blah answers. But then I said, I want to have this information, because this is my life you are protocoling.
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
We were looking for bliss in a blah day and purpose in a perpetual pandemic. But languishing is not unique to a pandemic. It's part of the human condition. Two decades of research show that languishing can disrupt your focus and dampen your motivation.
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What's in Hand...
blah but now that we've mostly figured out what's in hand sanitizer and how it works I'm gonna try and make my own from scratch using only natural ingredients I'm going to start with ethanol this is 99% and to make it smell delightful I'm
Video examples
David S. Rose: 10 things...
why you want to invest, why this all makes sense. That said, we only have a very short time, so let's run through the things to include in your presentation. First of all, none of these big, long-titled slides with blah, blah, I'm presenting to so-and-so on X date. I know the day, I know who I am -- I don't need all that. Just give me your company logo.
Video examples
What's in Dry-Erase...
and hexanoic acid blah blah ester come together to make a dry erasable ink except the thing is if you look these ingredients up online you will either find that they have a bajillion listed uses or none now normally this is where I would turn to the scientific community for help but no one seems to be doing a
Video examples
Your phone company is...
have stored about me and I asked him once and I asked him again and I got no real answer it was only blah blah answers but then I said I want to have this information because this is my life you are rotor calling so I decided to start the lawsuit against them because I wanted to have this
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
And the shopkeeper said, "Do you want slim fit, easy fit, relaxed fit? You want button fly or zipper fly? You want stonewashed or acid-washed? Do you want them distressed? Do you want boot cut, tapered?" Blah, blah, blah on and on he went. My jaw dropped. And after I recovered, I said,
Video examples
A Choreographer's...
So here goes, world premiere dance. Yeah? Here we go. TED dance. Okay. Here it comes. I'm going to organize it quickly. So, you're going to do the first solo that we made, yeah blah blah blah blah, we go into the duet, yeah, blah blah blah blah. The next solo, blah blah blah blah,
Video examples
3 ways to create a space...
And over the next couple of minutes, I'm going to give you three ways that I think you can move through your world so that you, too, can make revelations of space, or at least reveal them. Step therapy. I know, I know, I blah, blah, blah, New Yorker, blah, blah, blah, therapy.
Video examples
Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
time traveler I was going to travel into the future meet myself from the past grab this woman from the audience sucker back into the time as time travels forward the present becomes the future blah blah blah I spent a crazy amount of money on this machine and the audience
Video examples
Malte Spitz: Your phone...
send me all the information you have stored about me. And I asked them once, and I asked them again, and I got no real answer. It was only blah blah answers. But then I said, I want to have this information, because this is my life you are protocoling.
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
We were looking for bliss in a blah day and purpose in a perpetual pandemic. But languishing is not unique to a pandemic. It's part of the human condition. Two decades of research show that languishing can disrupt your focus and dampen your motivation.
Video examples
What's in Hand...
blah but now that we've mostly figured out what's in hand sanitizer and how it works I'm gonna try and make my own from scratch using only natural ingredients I'm going to start with ethanol this is 99% and to make it smell delightful I'm
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Michael Fassbender
German Actor
There's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us, and we're being told how we should appear and how to be more successful, blah, blah, blah. How does that manifest itself? In the pressures, the stress, this need to escape.
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John Lasseter
American Director
I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.
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Ksenia Sobchak
Russian Politician
I am always getting messages that I am paid by America, that I work for America, that I am connected with CIA... blah blah blah. I am not working for America, I am working for my country's good, but America is not an enemy for me.
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Jack McBrayer
American Actor
I love doing improv, and I swear by it, and I encourage people to take classes, and blah blah blah. But it's always been interesting how it doesn't necessarily translate to television.
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Giggs
English Musician
I am seeing youts getting off the street. They talk about drill and its influence and how it's bad blah, blah, blah, but all I'm seeing is it's getting youts off the streets.
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Jackie Chan
Chinese Actor
Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.
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James Gandolfini
American Actor
I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?
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John Corabi
American Musician
My mother raised me to open the car door, open the door; if you take a woman out, you should pick up the check, and blah blah blah - whatever.
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Jennifer Damiano
American Actress
Twenty-two is just such a random age. It's a little blah.
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RJ Cyler
American Actor
Without creativity, I'd be just 'blah blah blah.
Quote examples
Michael Fassbender
German Actor
There's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us, and we're being told how we should appear and how to be more successful, blah, blah, blah. How does that manifest itself? In the pressures, the stress, this need to escape.
Quote examples
John Lasseter
American Director
I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.
Quote examples
Ksenia Sobchak
Russian Politician
I am always getting messages that I am paid by America, that I work for America, that I am connected with CIA... blah blah blah. I am not working for America, I am working for my country's good, but America is not an enemy for me.
Quote examples
Jack McBrayer
American Actor
I love doing improv, and I swear by it, and I encourage people to take classes, and blah blah blah. But it's always been interesting how it doesn't necessarily translate to television.
Quote examples
Giggs
English Musician
I am seeing youts getting off the street. They talk about drill and its influence and how it's bad blah, blah, blah, but all I'm seeing is it's getting youts off the streets.
Quote examples
Jackie Chan
Chinese Actor
Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.
Quote examples
James Gandolfini
American Actor
I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?
Quote examples
John Corabi
American Musician
My mother raised me to open the car door, open the door; if you take a woman out, you should pick up the check, and blah blah blah - whatever.
Quote examples
Jennifer Damiano
American Actress
Twenty-two is just such a random age. It's a little blah.
Quote examples
RJ Cyler
American Actor
Without creativity, I'd be just 'blah blah blah.
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