Thursday, December 18, 2008

"Meh", Added to the Collins English Dictionary

We were at a Christmas party and this photographer kept taking pictures of Ethan. We asked her to take some pictures of our family, since we don't really have any. The lighting was bad, and most of them were too dark to see. But I kind of like this one. We walked over in the rain, and Ethan is in his pajamas. But I like more natural pictures anyways. Remember how our engagement picture was just one that my dad took of us on the couch? We look better this way.
Meh, Add It to the Dictionary Posted Nov 17, 08 10:07 AM CST in Arts & Living (Newser) – The 30th-anniversary edition of the authoritative Collins English Dictionary will include a new entry suggested by readers: the interjection "meh." An expression of indifference or boredom, it's believed to have originated in North America. Its spelling was codified on an episode of The Simpsons, the Telegraph reports, in which an apathetic Lisa shouted, "We said meh! M-E-H, meh!" Meh has become so widespread that English speakers now use it as an adjective as well, as in, "The movie was a bit meh." The rise of the Internet has helped to formalize spellings for words that would once have been exclusively spoken, one lexicographer says: "It shows people are increasingly writing in a register somewhere in between spoken and written English."

Finally! Meh is so much easier to say than "who cares", or "it was okay". Also, can be used in conjunction with a shoulder shrug for the perfect display of apathy.



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