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Bleah vs Blah - What's the difference?

bleah | blah |

As interjections the difference between bleah and blah

is that bleah is (slang|us) expresses negative feeling the quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea while blah is an expression of mild frustration.

As a noun blah is

(uncountable|informal) nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

As a adjective blah is

(informal) dull; uninteresting; insipid.

As a verb blah is

to utter idle, meaningless talk.

bleah

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (slang, US) Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.
  • * ''You bought that green station wagon? Bleah !
  • * 2005 , William Safire, The Ick Factor'' (in ''The New York Times , 25 September 2005)
    • Reviewing my list of ickisms - yuck'', ''yecch'', ''bleah'' , ''ew'' and ''ick - the linguist [David McNeill] observes, "Negative words having to do with disgust seem to be embodied in the experience of expelling unwanted, possibly poisonous, materials from the mouth.

    Anagrams

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    blah

    English

    (wikipedia blah)

    Noun

  • (uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
  • (informal) (in plural, the blahs ]] ) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, [[etc.

    • Synonyms

    * bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle * malaise

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
    • Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah .
  • (informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
    • I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An expression of mild frustration.
    • Blah ! Why can't I get this computer to work!
  • (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah! ) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
    • Yea, yea, blah blah blah , Mom, you said this all yesterday.
    And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah ." Like I care!
  • Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah', ' bleh .

    • Synonyms

    * (boring content) blah blah blah, yada yada yada

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter idle, meaningless talk.
  • * 2014 , Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights (page 28)
    • Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money —

    See also

    * bleah * bleh