Meh...

by Estarra

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Estarra2008-11-18 19:03:43
Meh enters the dictionary as an official word...

Be thankful, according to the article, it could have been "huggles".
Diamondais2008-11-18 19:38:53
giggle.gif Yay.
Unknown2008-11-18 19:54:17
I like huggles, too, though. dazed.gif
Shurimaru2008-11-18 21:06:50
Meh.
Daganev2008-11-18 23:38:28
Ok, what is this silly hype about some words entering the dictionary but not others...

If the word shows up in google searches for more than 1,000 hits, its a word dammit.
Daganev2008-11-18 23:41:10
this is just funny:

News results for meh



Canadian politics: The definition of 'meh' - 5 hours ago
The UK-based publisher of the popular reference book announced this week that the word "meh" - meaning "mediocre" or "boring," as in "the Canadian election ...
Canada.com - 190 related articles »
Unknown2008-11-18 23:45:02
QUOTE(daganev @ Nov 19 2008, 12:38 AM) 583781
If the word shows up in google searches for more than 1,000 hits, its a word dammit.

QUOTE(google.com)
Results 1 - 10 of about 324,000 for xzw. (0.27 seconds)
Daganev2008-11-18 23:47:43
Ok fine, 1,000,000 hits tongue.gif

http://www.abbreviations.com/XZW
Daganev2008-11-18 23:49:06

Which just proves that :

Results 1 - 10 of about 74,500 for antidisestablishmentarianism. (0.14 seconds)

is not a real word.
Unknown2008-11-18 23:52:30
Well, my best source of knowledge, urbandictionary.com, had the definition of 'meh' long time ago. wink.gif
Noola2008-11-19 00:57:18
If I can say it, it's a word! laugh.gif
Rauros2008-11-27 06:18:58
Silly liberals and their dictionaries. The only real words are words from the Bible! rolleyes.gif
Callia2008-11-27 15:39:27
QUOTE(Rauros @ Nov 26 2008, 10:18 PM) 587002
Silly liberals and their dictionaries. The only real words are words from the Bible! rolleyes.gif



Well... guess in order to use the real words we all need to learn Hebrew, Greek and a smidgen of Latin!
Unknown2008-11-27 15:57:30
QUOTE(Callia Parayshia @ Nov 27 2008, 10:39 AM) 587057
Well... guess in order to use the real words we all need to learn Hebrew, Greek and a smidgen of Latin!

I'd be down with (some) of that actually. I've always thought greek was an interesting language.