# Where the fuck did "meh" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955 "2004-05-01T07:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/21 "2004-05-01T17:27:49Z")
> [@Merkwurdigliebe](#): > > Christ on a Crutch what the fuck every happened to saying, “I don’t care.” If I really don’t care, you think I’m going to go to all the trouble of pronouncing three whole syllables? ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/22 "2004-05-01T18:25:51Z")
It came from my sweetie of an ex-roommate. _blink_ Actually, I mutated it into ‘neh’ for my own purposes. Pisses off my current roommate to no end (it’s _unbecoming_) :rolleyes: so I shall keep doing it just to get under her skin, I think. I am not a Jane Austen girl. If I was in a situation that demanded me to be phonectially more asute, I would not use it. But I’m not in said situation when I’m around her. /S ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/23 "2004-05-01T19:10:18Z")
I _like_ the word ‘meh’. I don’t think I use it enough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/24 "2004-05-01T21:12:42Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > Because not responding will either make the person asking think you haven’t heard them, and they often repeat themselves, or they may just assume you’re a rude bastard for ignoring them. Understood. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/25 "2004-05-01T22:30:11Z")
Zuh? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/26 "2004-05-01T23:37:27Z")
[Heh…](http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/031704/history-of-message-boards.gif) Hey, I thought it was relevant… ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/27 "2004-05-02T01:34:57Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Exactly: you say “meh” when you don’t even care enough to say “feh.” and you say “feh” when you’re not moved enough to say “k!” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/28 "2004-05-02T08:28:43Z")
Thanks for all the replies. My opinion has softened now that I know it’s 1) used by Jewish grandmothers and 2) said on The Simpsons (I really need to watch that show more often). At least it comes from good stock, unlike, say, “Not” which took me a long time before I found out it came from SNL, which made me hate it even more. If it’s good enough for E-Sabbath’s grandma and Lisa Simpson, I’ll quit bitching about it. (Please shoot me if I ever use it myself though) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/29 "2004-05-02T10:18:11Z")
Zug zug. Dabu. Loktar! ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/30 "2004-05-02T13:10:51Z")
Wha? Oh, heh… Meh! Eh? Bah! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/31 "2004-05-02T14:46:17Z")
> [@The Tim](#): > > It is one of many sound effects used to express disinterest. I don’t see anything wrong with it. People communicate in informal situations with all sorts of non-verbal signals. Being pissed about any particular one is silly, it just makes you unhealthily angry. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/32 "2004-05-02T17:56:17Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Zug zug. Dabu. Loktar! I’m not that kind of Orc! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/33 "2004-05-02T18:12:14Z")
Who you want me kill? (See the humor of that coming from a poster named **Ogre**? _SEE IT?!_) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/34 "2004-05-02T20:27:34Z")
**I not think that funny. You no troll, you ogre.** _Shut up, stupid. I think he funny._ **You shut up first! I talking!** _You too stupid to get joke, you shut up!_ **Oh yeah? You so stupid you poke yourself in eye with club!** _I not too stupid to poke your eye, stupid! poke_ **OW! _poke_** _OWWW! I no like you anymore._ **Meh.** _Feh._ ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/35 "2004-05-03T01:21:47Z")
Bwah? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/36 "2004-05-03T04:25:32Z")
[Related reading.](http://www.dieselsweeties.com) Pfft. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/37 "2004-05-03T05:23:15Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > As in “I thought that movie was just meh.” > > It’s driving me insane. It’s stupid, it’s meaningless, and it makes whoever uses it look like a moron. > > What movie/TV show/song/whatthefuckever did it come from? Dogbert says it a lot in Dilbert comic strips. I allways assumed it origionated there, although seeing it was on the Simpsons now makes me wonder who said it first, Lisa Simpson, or Dogbert. Hmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/38 "2004-05-03T05:54:08Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > At least it comes from good stock, unlike, say, “Not” which took me a long time before I found out it came from SNL, which made me hate it even more. [Not at all](http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxpostfi.html), it’s at least 100 years old. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/39 "2004-05-03T06:06:31Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Bwah? Go play Warcraft II and all will be clear. Maybe III, I dunno if the Horde has the same lines. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/40 "2004-05-03T06:38:46Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > Hey, y’know what would be REALLY SUPER FUNNY? If somebody replies with either “meh” or _shrugs_. I sure hope somebody does that, cuz man oh man would that be funny. > [@vetbridge](#): > > meh > > _shrugs_ Wow that was super hilarious man. Can’t stop laughing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955.md?page=3)