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also blah-blah
1
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them
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2
as in boredom
blahs plural
the state of being bored
I've just been stuck in the blahs lately
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as in boring
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Recent Examples of blah
Mac Engel
april 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.
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Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.
4.
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Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.
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Mac Engel
april 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.
—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
But the dazzling tech was not enough to camouflage how blah the merchandise was.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.
4.
—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blah
Noun
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
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There is no time for those who listen only to their boredom.
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Meanwhile, Tom’s rebellious teenaged son, Evan (Kingston Rumi Southwick), has fallen in with a delinquent crowd out of sheer boredom, resentful that he’s never been allowed to leave the island.
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Sustainable growth feels boring from the inside.
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The point is to make the boring stuff feel like a hangout, not to build a productivity system.
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Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
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Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
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Everything’s going to be white or everything’s going to be blue edge or everything is going to be drab.
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In certain soaring drone shots, the Gobi’s dry, greige sprawl looks like nothing so much as the surface of another planet, at least until it’s disrupted by snaking manmade infrastructure and drab light industry.
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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
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Relying Too Much On Garbage Disposals Though the name may be deceiving, garbage disposals aren’t actually designed to dispose of all garbage.
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Rather than replacing existing automation, humanoid robots are intended to complement it by handling monotonous, ergonomically challenging, or safety-critical tasks while allowing employees to focus on higher-value work.
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Across two experiments, participants completed deliberately monotonous tasks, including copying or reading telephone numbers, before taking a creative uses test.
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So where does the rubbish come from?
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
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“Blah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blah. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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