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) Polish: bla, bla 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 Swedish: bla bla, bla bla bla Turkish: vıdı vıdı vıdı, dır dır (tr)

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

Dutch: blabhlabla (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 (pl) 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)