blahs
noun (the blahs, plural, informal)
Everyday
- (US, informal) A feeling of being bored, tired, fed up or slightly sad, without a clear reason. tree →
- (informal) The plural of «blah», as in blah blah blah: boring or empty talk. tree →
In the lessons
Used in US everyday talk, especially about winter: «the winter blahs», «a case of the blahs». In comics and stories «blah, blah, blah» stands for talk that is boring or not worth repeating.
Examples
- I've got the Monday morning blahs. tree →
- The winter blahs make everyone grumpy. tree →
- A walk in the sunshine can cure the blahs. tree →
- All his blahs about football bored me. tree →
- She had a case of the blahs after the holidays ended. tree →
Note
Informal; mostly American. Usually «the blahs». Not used in formal writing. If someone has the blahs for a long time, they should talk to a grown-up or a doctor.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «blahs» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «blahs» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/blahs/