News on a Tuesday: Meh

VinKong here with some random news for your Tues: Meh is being added to the dictionary.

As an avid Simpsons fan, I genuinely appreciate the addition of the expression of apathy into the Collins English Dictionary. It sort of insidiously worked its way into our lexicon around the early 2000's and has been in wide usage ever since.

 There is an episode of the Simpsons where Homer suggest that the kids go on a day trip with him and "They both just reply 'meh' and keep watching TV" says Cormac McKeown, one of the head honchos at Collins Dictionaries.

The Associated Press writes:

The dictionary's compilers said the word originated in North America, spread through the Internet and was now entering British spoken English.

"This is a new interjection from the U.S. that seems to have inveigled its way into common speech over here," McKeown said. "Internet forums and e-mail are playing a big part in formalizing the spellings of vocal interjections like these. A couple of other examples would be 'hmm' and 'heh.'

Now, I am not in favor of teeny bopper text-speak becoming popularized or put into dictionaries. I see that garbage as a sign of the apocalypse, the degradation of language in society, but this I'm okay with. I mean come on, its the Simpsons.

And if you are one of those people who don't care about the Simpsons, your response to this post was probably 'meh'...

(((Incidentally, don't Google image search "Simpsons" with the safe search off unless you want to be deeply disturbed. There are some sick sick people out there. Sick.))) - VinKong

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