blahs

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blah

(blä) Informal

1. often blah blah or blah blah blah Meaningless or uninteresting remarks.

2. blahs A general feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, or depression: "Monday morning Oscar woke up with the blahs" (New Yorker).

adj.

1. Dull and uninteresting.

2. Low in spirit or health; down: sat around all day feeling blah.

[Imitative of meaningless talk.]

blah adv.

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Noun

blahs - a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

boredom, ennui, tedium - the feeling of being bored by something tedious

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