Apparently the English lexicon in the early 21st century owes a hefty debt to The Simpsons. In 2001, the Oxford English Dictionary legitimized the term “d’oh,” Homer’s iconic expression of frustration, by including it within its pages. Now another expression from the show – “meh” – has made it into the Collins Dictionary.
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
The origins of “meh” are murky, but the term grew in popularity after being used in a 2001 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer suggests a day trip to his children Bart and Lisa.
“They both just reply ‘meh’ and keep watching TV,” said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins Dictionaries.
The dictionary defines “meh” as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring. Examples given by the dictionary include “the Canadian election was so meh”.
Notwithstanding the precision of that usage example, Quillblog would like to suggest some other words or phrases that should be officially sanctioned in the English language: OMG, lolcats, my bad, misunderestimated, and awesomesauce.
awesomesauce endorsed by quillblog? it has come so far in such a short time. soon awesomesauce will be normalsauce.
i’ve always found awesomesauce to be rather thin gruel, but the proof is in the pudding.
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The expression about pudding is “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
“The proof is in the pudding” doesn’t mean anything in any language.
gee, biggy, glad to see you entirely got the point of my light-hearted post.
pedants of the world unite.
Hey dummy blogger,
didn’t expect you to take that so hard. You’re certainly punning I’ll say, just not very well. Maybe you could have used the the word gravy or pablum or reduction or who am I to say. Ah well, live and learn eh?
All the best,
Bigs
people generally don’t react well to the halitosis of pedants.
Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. Dummy Blogger.
I must say that you have a way with words. Are you published? Is there some kind of record of your insightful musings? A pamphlet or “Zine” perhaps? Something that one could purchase for those tiresome lines at their local Pedant Hall? Membership renewal has come around again and it always seems to take forever.
Anywho, if not, no matter. Perhaps you could simply forward me a collection at chillthefuckout@chillthefuckout.ca
All the best in your war on accuracy.
JL
What’s with these two?