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Blam vs Blah - What's the difference?

blam | blah |

As nouns the difference between blam and blah

is that blam is a sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot while 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.

blam

English

Noun

(head)
  • A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot
    • He kicked in the door with a blam .
    That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM !*

    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