mehint.adj.

Brit.

/mɛ(h)/, U.S.

/mɛ(h)/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish me.

Etymology: Probably < Yiddish me be it as it may, so-so (1928 or earlier), probably imitative.Probably popularized by the U.S. cartoon series The Simpsons, in which its earliest use was in the episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, first broadcast on 9 Oct. 1994. It is unclear whether there is any direct connection with (earlier) mneh:1969 W. H. Auden Moon Landing in New Yorker 6 Sept. 38/2 Worth going to see? I can well believe it. Worth seeing? Mneh! I once rode through a desert And was not charmed: give me a watered Lively garden.

A. int.

Expressing indifference or a lack of enthusiasm.

ΚΠ

1992 Re: Yes, I actually watched Melrose Place in soc.motss (Usenet newsgroup) 10 July Meh... Far too Ken-doll for me.

2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Arts & Life section) 1 It's also apparently now uncool to love Radiohead—their cult following has been infiltrated by yuppies, Boomers and other such parasites. Meh.

2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. b13/1 Who else could they root for? The Chicago Bulls? Impossible. The Boston Celtics? Unconscionable. The team in New Jersey? Meh.

B. adj.

Mediocre; unexceptional, uninspiring; (also) unenthusiastic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]

feeblec1275

demeanc1380

unnoblec1384

coarse1424

colourlessc1425

passable1489

meana1500

indifferent1532

plain1539

so-so1542

mediocre1586

ordinary1590

fameless1611

middling1652

middle-rate1658

ornery1692

so-soish1819

nohow1828

betwixt and between1832

indifferential1836

null1847

undazzling1855

deviceless1884

uncompetitive1885

tug1890

run of the mill1919

serviceable1920

dim1958

spammy1959

comme ci, comme ça1968

vanilla1972

meh2007

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lukewarm or lacking enthusiasm

coolOE

luke1340

tepid1513

lukewarmc1522

unearnest1542

spiritless1566

zeallessa1594

faint1596

unfiery1598

tepidous1607

Laodicean1633

heartless1636

unzealous1643

slight1660

unenthusiastic1805

teporous1821

coolish1850

ice-cool1891

demotivated1963

meh2007

2007 Guardian 27 Jan. (Guide Suppl.) 52/1 The man could scarcely walk. Two hours later he was cheerfully high-kicking a suicide bomber out the back of a train. Nuts. But somehow it all seemed, to use a bit of internet parlance, a bit ‘meh’.

2010 Time Out N.Y. 20 May 52/1 While this seems like an also-ran collection..even meh Picasso is better than a lot of the stuff out there.

2013 Radio Times 30 Nov. (South/West ed.) 141/3 When they won the Mercury Prize in 2010 I was pretty ‘meh’ about The xx.

2015 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 11 Jan. c1 The most intriguing move of general manager Neal Huntington's mostly meh offseason.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meh
释义	mehint.adj. Brit. /mɛ(h)/, U.S. /mɛ(h)/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish me. Etymology: Probably < Yiddish me be it as it may, so-so (1928 or earlier), probably imitative.Probably popularized by the U.S. cartoon series The Simpsons, in which its earliest use was in the episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, first broadcast on 9 Oct. 1994. It is unclear whether there is any direct connection with (earlier) mneh:1969 W. H. Auden Moon Landing in New Yorker 6 Sept. 38/2 Worth going to see? I can well believe it. Worth seeing? Mneh! I once rode through a desert And was not charmed: give me a watered Lively garden. A. int. Expressing indifference or a lack of enthusiasm. ΚΠ 1992 Re: Yes, I actually watched Melrose Place in soc.motss (Usenet newsgroup) 10 July Meh... Far too Ken-doll for me. 2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Arts & Life section) 1 It's also apparently now uncool to love Radiohead—their cult following has been infiltrated by yuppies, Boomers and other such parasites. Meh. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. b13/1 Who else could they root for? The Chicago Bulls? Impossible. The Boston Celtics? Unconscionable. The team in New Jersey? Meh. B. adj. Mediocre; unexceptional, uninspiring; (also) unenthusiastic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] feeblec1275 demeanc1380 unnoblec1384 coarse1424 colourlessc1425 passable1489 meana1500 indifferent1532 plain1539 so-so1542 mediocre1586 ordinary1590 fameless1611 middling1652 middle-rate1658 ornery1692 so-soish1819 nohow1828 betwixt and between1832 indifferential1836 null1847 undazzling1855 deviceless1884 uncompetitive1885 tug1890 run of the mill1919 serviceable1920 dim1958 spammy1959 comme ci, comme ça1968 vanilla1972 meh2007 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lukewarm or lacking enthusiasm coolOE luke1340 tepid1513 lukewarmc1522 unearnest1542 spiritless1566 zeallessa1594 faint1596 unfiery1598 tepidous1607 Laodicean1633 heartless1636 unzealous1643 slight1660 unenthusiastic1805 teporous1821 coolish1850 ice-cool1891 demotivated1963 meh2007 2007 Guardian 27 Jan. (Guide Suppl.) 52/1 The man could scarcely walk. Two hours later he was cheerfully high-kicking a suicide bomber out the back of a train. Nuts. But somehow it all seemed, to use a bit of internet parlance, a bit ‘meh’. 2010 Time Out N.Y. 20 May 52/1 While this seems like an also-ran collection..even meh Picasso is better than a lot of the stuff out there. 2013 Radio Times 30 Nov. (South/West ed.) 141/3 When they won the Mercury Prize in 2010 I was pretty ‘meh’ about The xx. 2015 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 11 Jan. c1 The most intriguing move of general manager Neal Huntington's mostly meh offseason. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adj.1992
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