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Blats vs Blahs - What's the difference?

blats | blahs |

As a verb blats

is (blat).

As a noun blahs is

.

blats

English

Verb

(head)
  • (blat)

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    blat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative. First attested in 1846.

    Verb

    (blatt)
  • To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
  • To make a senseless noise.
  • To talk inconsiderately.
  • To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.

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    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
    • To open a new business in Russia you need blat .
    Synonyms
    * guanxi (from Chinese) ----

    blahs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.
  • * 1988 , Robert Harold Schuller, Success is Never Ending, Failure is Never Final
    • Yes, faith is dreaming, which releases a powerful purpose, which sets you FREE from the blahs .
  • * 2005 , Nora Roberts, Red Lily
    • Not even the blues, just the blahs . They keep sneaking up on me, and I don't know why.
  • * 2007 , David G Nathan, The Cancer Treatment Revolution
    • Do you know when people get the blahs' after all this? People get the ' blahs at the very end. Two weeks after you've finished your radiation therapy