Blah vs Foo - What's the difference?
blah | foo |
(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.
(informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
(informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
An expression of mild frustration.
(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.
Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah', ' bleh .
To utter idle, meaningless talk.
* 2014 , Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights (page 28)
(computing) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
* RFC 3092, Etymology of "Foo" , (Internet Engineering Task Force) (IETF)
As a noun blah
is (uncountable|informal) nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.As an adjective blah
is (informal) dull; uninteresting; insipid.As an interjection blah
is an expression of mild frustration.As a verb blah
is to utter idle, meaningless talk.As a proper noun foo is
(dated|fandom slang|jocular) a mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.blah
English
(wikipedia blah)Noun
Synonyms
* bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle * malaiseAdjective
(en adjective)- Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah .
- I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah .
Interjection
(en interjection)- Blah ! Why can't I get this computer to work!
- 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!
Synonyms
* (boring content) blah blah blah, yada yada yadaVerb
(en verb)- Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money —
See also
* bleah * blehfoo
English
Etymology 1
Circa 1935 as nonsense word, circa 1960 in programming sense. (detailed etymology) Originated circa 1935 as nonsense word in (Smokey Stover)'' comic strip (1935–73) by (Bill Holman) (from which also foo fighter).“foo]”, ''[http://catb.org/jargon/html/index.html The Jargon FileHolman states that his usage was from seeing “foo” on the base of a jade (etyl) figurine in , meaning “good luck”, presumably a transliteration of the (fu character) , "
The History of Bill Holman]", [http://www.smokey-stover.com/ Smokey-Stover.com], Smokey Stover LLC – article by nephew of Bill Holman"[http://web.archive.org/web/19990222143614/http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/ Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion]" and figurines of the trio of eponymous male "star gods" are common in Chinese communities. Meaning influenced by fooey, fool, and feh. Used throughout the comic strip’s run, with later uses in the 1930s include ''(The Daffy Doc)'' (1938) and ''[[w:Pogo (comic strip), Pogo]. In computing usage, popularized by the (Tech Model Railroad Club) (TMRC), whose 1959 Dictionary of the TMRC Language , had an entry similar to the following, parodying the mantra (Om mani padme hum) (replacing om with foo ): : FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase “FOO MANE PADME HUM.” Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning. Related also to foobar, which is presumably derived from foo rather than the reverse.
Noun
(wikipedia foo) (-)- Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar .