meh

See also: Meh, MEH, MÉH, méh, -meh, мен, мең, and мөн

English

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Etymology 1

Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ/
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Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
- 2003, steve-o, Jam On The River Mini-Review [1] in rec.music.phish
  They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.
- 2006, Suzanne D., Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006 [2] in alt.tv.american-idol
  The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.
- 2006, FunkyM, Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night... [3] in rec.sport.pro.wrestling
  Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.
Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
- 2003, Dana, 10/18/03 Shows [4] in alt.tv.trading-spaces
  Both shows left me feeling, meh.
- 2004, jennifer, The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it... [5] in alt.gossib.celebrities
  I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.
- 2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games [6] in rec.games.video.sega
  I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.

Translations

mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring

Czech: nic moc (cs)
Finnish: vaisu (fi)
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Hungarian: olyan-amilyen, úgy-ahogy, csak-csak
Russian: фигня́ (ru) f (fignjá) (noun), фиго́вый (ru) (figóvyj) (adjective)

apathetic; unenthusiastic

Finnish: tympäistä (to feel meh)
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Russian: безразли́чный (ru) (bezrazlíčnyj) (adjective), безразли́чие (ru) n (bezrazlíčije) (noun); по́фиг (ru) (pófig) (impersonal)

Interjection

meh

(slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.
“What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”

“That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”
- 1995 March 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”, The Simpsons:
  Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”
  
  Bart: “Meh”.
- 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎^[7]:
  Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

Synonyms

pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pshh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh

Translations

slang: expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm

Czech: hm (cs)
Finnish: hmm, pah, pyh (fi)
French: bof (fr)
Italian: bah
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Portuguese: nhé
Russian: ну (ru) (nu) (generalising), хм (ru) (xm) (generalising); пф (pf) (more indifference and a bit of defiance); фу (ru) (fu), фе (ru) (fe), фи (ru) (fi) (even more indifference and defiance)
Swedish: tsk (sv), äh (sv)

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German: ^{(please verify)} mh
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} eh
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Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bah (es)

Noun

meh

(informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 咩 (me1).

Particle

meh

(Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Final interrogative particle.

Anagrams

'hem, Hem, hem, hem-

Albanian

Alternative forms

mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian mȉti (“to wash”)).

Verb

meh (aorist meha)

I soak

Related terms

muf

Kurdish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL. (compare Persian (mah), Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬢𐬵 (maoŋh)), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL. (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL. (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).