The newest word in the dictionary

meditraitor

Meh........
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Bothered Much? 'Meh' Is A Word

If you looked up 'meh' in the dictionary, this is what you would see



The preferred response of the apathetic, "meh" is the newest word in the famous lexicon.

The word, defined as "an interjection expressing indifference or boredom", beat off hundreds of others to gain entry.

It has won its place between "megrim" (whose plural means "low spirits") and "meibomian" ("the large sebaceous glands of the human eyelid") thanks to generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers.

Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins Dictionaries, said: "This is a new interjection from the US that seems to have inveigled its way into common speech over here.

"It was actually spelled out in The Simpsons when Homer is trying to prise the kids away from the TV with a suggestion for a day trip.



Bothered or not, it's in there

"They both just reply 'meh' and keep watching TV; he asks again and Lisa says 'We said MEH! - M-E-H, meh!'

Publisher HarperCollins said that the word had been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary's 30th anniversary edition, to be published next year.

The dictionary will define "meh" as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring.

Examples given by the dictionary include "I feel a bit meh about the whole thing" and "The Canadian election was so meh."

The dictionary's compilers said the word originated in North America and spread through the Internet.

chin_grin

meditraitor wrote: »

Meh........
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Really?......meh.

Berty

What next? Text speak.

Wagon

I prefer Gah.

Victor

Um, wheres meh other definition?

seamus

Wagon wrote: »

I prefer Gah.

"Gah" is an expression of mild irritation - when you do something stupid like put your hand on that blob of jam you left on the counter five minutes beforehand.

cHaTbOx

\o/ woohoo!!!

I mean ....meh

I am in a state of mehness

DonkeyStyle \o/

it's about fking time

Peteee

meh is a perfectly cromulent word people! It really embiggens the dictionary!

MrJoeSoap

Meh

Biggins

I'm here scratching my head!
If I travel forwards 500 years into the future, will I even know my own language any more?

Meh

Who cares?

Turd Ferguson

Biggins wrote: »

If I travel forwards 500 years into the future, will I even know my own language any more?

No. In a few years the Co-Presidents of the World (the Olsen twins) will completely change the English language so enjoy it while we can people!!

Biggins

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

No. In a few years the Co-Presidents of the World (the Olsen twins)...!

Dear god, Nooooo... :eek:

pierrot

mehntal

_blank_

Wagon wrote: »

I prefer Gah.

I hate gah, horrible sport.

meditraitor

A friend of mine caught the Gah a few years ago.... you should see the cut of him lately .:pac:

hullaballoo

Mneh.

Smellyirishman

Article wrote:

The word, defined as "an interjection expressing indifference or boredom", beat off hundreds of others to gain entry.

I'd bet there wasn't much boredom during that, plenty of interjection though.

Orange69

Des wrote: »

I hate gah, horrible sport.

Its pronounced gay...

p to the e

hem....i mean ehm......i mean mhe......dam it!

easynote

Swedish people (especially kids and youngsters) have been using the expression meh since the eightees. It is a shortened version of the word men meaning 'but', and is only used as a protest or expression of disagreement and disapproval. Since it is mostly used by young people and in very informal conversation it is perceived as being an immature thing to say.
So if I say meh it means something completely different and I probably say it in the wrong circumstances...

moonpurple

goingforward

means plain out of ideas:cool:

MightyMighty737

Biggins wrote: »

I'm here scratching my head!
If I travel forwards 500 years into the future, will I even know my own language any more?

Go back 500 years and you wouldn't recognise it either!


As for meh going into the dictionary? Couldn't care less. Haven't a notion when the last time I used one was.

easynote

dictionaries are meh.

orourkeda

shaft and stones to all of this mehness

MonkeyBalls

It's a nice response people can use when they get raped in an argument and want to hide the fact that they're raging.

Aesop's Fables needs to incorporate "meh" into the fox and the grapes story.

moonpurple

the newest word

hairyangel

flahavaj

The word, defined as "an interjection expressing indifference or boredom", beat off hundreds of others to gain entry.

Amazing the lengths some will go to just to get into the dictionary.

recylingbin

Wagon wrote: »

I prefer Gah.

I like 'pffffft', only when accompanied with a gallic shrug of the shoulders though.

Jev/N

Peteee wrote: »

meh is a perfectly cromulent word people! It really embiggens the dictionary!

Did it not partially originate from the Simpsons?! Meh, that is.

Fingers crossed for Craptacular next :pac:

edit: Wait, zombie thread?

celtic Liger

meditraitor wrote: »

Meh........
http://news.sky.com

shower of cnuts

the purple tin

pshaw.
I meh my love
by the gasworks wall