# How popular is the expression "Meh" outside of SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 13, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279 "2006-07-13T02:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279/21 "2006-07-13T15:40:41Z")

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I’m more familiar with “meh” than “feh,” and I first saw “meh” at another MB years ago. Not that it couldn’t have come from the Simpsons. Just sayin’.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279/22 "2006-07-13T16:09:23Z")

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I’m all about the “feh.” Never heard “meh” outside these boards. It reminds me of a hungry goat.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279/23 "2006-07-13T16:34:00Z")

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Today’s _[For Better or For Worse](http://www.fborfw.com/strip_fix/archives/001918.php)_ uses “feh.” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279/24 "2006-07-13T16:45:39Z")

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“Meh” comes from Simpsons. At least that was the first place I every heard it. From [snpp.com](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/CABF09):

Homer: Kids, how would you like to go to … Blockoland!  
Bart + Lisa: Meh.  
Homer: But the TV gave me the impression that –  
Bart: We said, “Meh!”  
Lisa: M-e-h, meh.

– Intense indifference, “Hungry Hungry Homer”

Count me with those who’ve never used “feh.”

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**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-expression-meh-outside-of-sdmb/364279/25 "2006-07-13T19:48:54Z")

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I’ve heard “Meh” used everywhere: school, work, on several different message boards and web sites. I’ve even heard it used in a song.

~Tasha

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