blah blah blah

English

Etymology

Triplication of blah.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

blah blah blah

1. A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking.

   Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet!

2. A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content.

   I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots.

Alternative forms

• blah blah

Synonyms

• (boring content): yada yada yada

Translations

a put-down to silence someone

• Bulgarian: дрън-дрън-дрън (drǎn-drǎn-drǎn)
• Dutch: blablabla (nl), bla bla bla
• German: blablabla
• Greek: μπούρου-μπούρου (boúrou-boúrou)
• Portuguese: blá blá blá
• Russian: ля-ля-тополя́ (ru) (lja-lja-topoljá), не на́до ля-ля́ (ne nádo lja-ljá), бла-бла-бла́ (ru) (bla-bla-blá)
• Serbo-Croatian: bla bla bla
• Spanish: bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla, blablablá
• Swedish: bla bla, bla bla bla
• Turkish: vıdı vıdı vıdı, bik bik, dır dır (tr)

a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content

• Dutch: blablabla (nl), bla bla bla
• Finnish: pälä-pälä-pälä
• French: blablabla (fr), et patati et patata (fr)
• German: Blabla (de) n, Blablabla (de) n
• Italian: blablabla
• Maori: turituri warawara
• Polish: ple ple n
• Portuguese: blá blá blá
• Russian: ля-ля-ля́ (ru) (lja-lja-ljá), бла-бла-бла́ (ru) (bla-bla-blá), ля-ля́ фа-фа́ (lja-ljá fa-fá)
• Spanish: bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla, blablablá
• Swedish: blablabla
• Vietnamese: bô lô ba la (vi), ba la bô lô (vi)
• Yiddish: בע־מע (be-mé)