Meh

Language Log 2025-10-13

Summary:

The OED dates meh as an interjection back to 1992, in an internet newsgroup, and as an adjective back to 2007 in The Guardian: The man could scarcely walk. Two hours later he was cheerfully high-kicking a suicide bomber out the back of a train. Nuts. But somehow it all seemed, to use a bit […]

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Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

10/13/2025, 11:01

Date published:

10/13/2025, 09:12