bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
(noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blah (countable and uncountable, plural blahs)
(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
(informal) (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
• (nonsense, drivel): bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle
• (feeling of boredom, mild depression): malaise
blah (comparative more blah, superlative most blah)
(informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
(informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
blah
An expression of mild frustration.
(When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah, bleh.
• (boring content): yada yada yada
blah (third-person singular simple present blahs, present participle blahing, simple past and past participle blahed)
(intransitive) To utter idle, meaningless talk.
• Bahl
Source: Wiktionary
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
