blah

blah
/blah/, Slang.
n.
1. nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
2. the blahs, a feeling of physical uneasiness, general discomfort, or mild depression; malaise: After the long weekend many workers had the Monday-morning blahs.
adj.
3. insipid; dull; uninteresting.
[1915-20; imit.]
Syn. 1. bunkum, humbug, hooey, eyewash, twaddle, bosh.

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