meh, adj.

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> http://cnn.org/OPINION/
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> Why We're Living in a Meh Economy

For more on adjectival "meh", see my 2/26/12 Boston Globe column:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/02/26/meh-generation/lmLccPoBMpwvPycxr2vqhJ/story.html

More on the history of "meh" (including its use as either an
interjection or adjective in Yiddish) in this followup:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/06/meh_etymology_tracing_the_yiddish_word_from_leo_rosten_to_auden_to_the_simpsons.html

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