English - Interjection

meh

1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

   “What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”

   “That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”

   • 1995 March 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”, The Simpsons:

     Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”

     Bart: “Meh”.

Translations

English - Etymology

• Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Homer's Triple Bypass".

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/

English - Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
   • 2003, steve-o, Jam On The River Mini-Review [1] in rec.music.phish

     They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.

   • 2006, Suzanne D., Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006 [2] in alt.tv.american-idol

     The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.

   • 2006, FunkyM, Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night... [3] in rec.sport.pro.wrestling

     Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.

2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
   • 2003, Dana, 10/18/03 Shows [4] in alt.tv.trading-spaces

     Both shows left me feeling, meh.

   • 2004, jennifer, The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it... [5] in alt.gossib.celebrities

     I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.

   • 2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games [6] in rec.games.video.sega

     I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.

Translations

English - Anagrams

• hem

Albanian - Alternative Forms

• mef

Albanian - Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *meuH- (compare Latvian maût ‘to sugmerge’, Czech mýti ‘to wash’).

Albanian - Verb

meh (first-person singular past tense meha)

1. to soak

Related terms

• muf

Kurdish - Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Pesian ماه (mah), Ossetian мæй (mæj), Avestan mā̊, maoṅh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Kurdish - Noun

meh

Serbo-Croatian - Alternative Forms

• (Ijekavian) mijȇh

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měxъ.

Serbo-Croatian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêːx/

Serbo-Croatian - Noun

mȇh

Slovene - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈméːx/
• Tonal orthography: mẹ̑h

Slovene - Noun

méh

Rhyme