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- Where does blah meaning idle talk come from?
Blah, as suggested by the Wiktionary has an uncertain origin: Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin Perhaps, but cf Greek quot;barbarbar” ‘unintelligible s
- single word requests - What is a term or idiom for blah blah blah . . .
Drone echoes the sound blah, blah, which Oxford Dictionaries define as: Used to substitute for actual words in contexts where these are felt to be too tedious or lengthy to give in full It also reminds me of Charlie Brown's teacher who never actually spoke a single coherent word, but only in wah wahs drone speak tediously in a dull monotonous
- orthography - Is blah blah blah the most common spelling? - English . . .
The phrase "blah blah blah" is so informal as to not warrant an official, correct spelling by any authority So only practice defines (circularly) what is the most common And that seems to me 'blah blah blah'
- synonyms - Any other way of saying blah blah blah - English Language . . .
As a non-native speaker of English, I often pronounce "blah blah blah" in a very awkward way when speaking out very quick Any alternatives for "blah blah blah"?
- single word requests - Formal way of saying blah blah blah or . . .
Rather than resorting to: { blah blah blah thing24 thing25 thing26 etc } Which isn't that professional Of course in many cases it's possible to get around this by just not giving such an example, but this is interesting to me as a general question as well as to solve a specific problem
- What is the hand gesture for shutting someone up?
This is called the blah-blah gesture Blah-blah The fingers are kept straight and together, held horizontal or upwards, while the thumb points downwards The fingers and thumb then snap together repeatedly to suggest a mouth talking The gesture can be used to indicate that someone talks too much, gossips, is saying nothing of any consequence, or is boring Source: Wikipedia If you really
- I thought blah blah blah, and I was right. Is the comma correct?
The comma is enough as the second clause "I was right" is independent Commas are used before conjunctions (but, and, yet, or, so, etc ) when the two clauses they are coordinating can stand as independent sentences The semicolon is used when the first clause contains commas I knew going in that the orange, marzipan and chilli flavor component of the cake was going to be lacking; and I was right!
- Is it yada or yadda? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Both versions are used,but according to Google Books yada is more commonly used than yadda: yada yada: This phrase is a modern-day equivalent of 'blah, blah, blah' (which is early 20th century) It is American an emerged during or just after the Second World War It was preceded by various alternative forms - 'yatata, yatata', 'yaddega, yaddega' etc The earliest of these that I have found is
- meaning - What does yadda yadda mean? - English Language Usage . . .
But this time, the data dump is accompanied by some additional, unusual announcement (namely, "we’re moving to a bi-monthly schedule instead of monthly"), and the author warns you in advance: watch out, this is not the usual blah-blah, or the usual wall of text, so don't ignore it
- phrase requests - Whats a good comeback to obviously? - English . . .
If someone tries to sound smart in repartee by saying, Well obviously blah blah blah but what they said is actually wrong, then what's a good comeback to that, or what's a good way to phrase the
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