Meh. It’s one of my favorite words. Why? Well, it’s just such a classic expression of indifferent disdain that I usually enjoy tossing it around. Especially when someone throws out an enthusiastic idea — greeting them with a healthy dose of sarcastic indifference, well, that’s just fun. And it turns out, I’m not the only one (plus Larry David) who loves the word, because it’s going to be included in the next version of the Dictionary.
Publisher HarperCollins announced on Monday the word had been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary’s 30th anniversary edition, to be published next year.The origins of “meh” are murky, but the term grew in popularity after being used in a 2001 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer suggests a day trip to his children Bart and Lisa.
[...]The dictionary defines “meh” as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring. Examples given by the dictionary include “the Canadian election was so meh”.
Pretty awesome, huh? Especially if you’re a word-nerd wordsmith like myself and you think it’s interesting when various aspects of the language are changed through the course of some pop culture stemming phenomenon. It’s like “Google” being in the dictionary, only much, much cooler. Or not. Whatever. Meh.
