the blahs

plural noun

chiefly US, informal
: a feeling of being bored, tired, etc.
She had a bad case of the blahs.

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Your uterus contracts to shed the lining, causing cramps, menstrual bleeding, and, to put it in scientific terms, the blahs. — Julia Ries, SELF, 23 June 2025 Shrewdly, once the exuberance ends, Flanagan lets the blahs back in. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 This can be downright disorienting given the proud cinematic legacy of beautiful actors having the blahs. — Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025 That gives the group some more time to find its footing, in its strategic reset and the generalized case of the blahs in luxury. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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“The blahs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20blahs. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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