Stig
18-11-08, 10:14 AM
"Meh" is the new "whatever";
The word "meh" has officially entered the dictionary (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_new_word). As this Associated Press story points out, the "expression of indifference or boredom" was chosen amongst various terms submitted by lexicographers to be included in the Collins English Dictionary next year.
Its origins are somewhat unclear, but one of its first known uses was in a 2001 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer suggests a day trip to Bart and Lisa, whereupon they simply shrug and say "Meh" in unison before going back to watching TV.
If Mark were alive now, you just know he would be threatening to sue at the 'theft' of his word. :lol:
The word "meh" has officially entered the dictionary (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_new_word). As this Associated Press story points out, the "expression of indifference or boredom" was chosen amongst various terms submitted by lexicographers to be included in the Collins English Dictionary next year.
Its origins are somewhat unclear, but one of its first known uses was in a 2001 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer suggests a day trip to Bart and Lisa, whereupon they simply shrug and say "Meh" in unison before going back to watching TV.
If Mark were alive now, you just know he would be threatening to sue at the 'theft' of his word. :lol: