{"id":3593,"date":"2011-12-01T06:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2012-07-03T05:34:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T10:34:30","slug":"meh-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=3593","title":{"rendered":"Meh again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today's Zits<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeremy expresses indfference, lack of interest, apathy, boredom via the interjection meh<\/em>, breaking out briefly to use it sarcastically (or cynically) to express enthusiasm.<\/p>\n


\nThe Ben Zimmer meh<\/em> files, mostly on this blog:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

BZ, 6\/8\/06: Meh-ness to society (link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

BZ, 2\/16\/07: Awwa, meh, feh, heh (link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

BZ, 11\/21\/08: The \u201cmeh\u201d wars (link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

BZ on Visual Thesaurus, 11\/21\/08: Mailbag Friday: \u201cMeh\u201d (link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

BZ, 11\/24\/08: The \u201cmeh\u201d wars, part 2 (link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

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