# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/41 "2004-05-03T06:56:11Z")
Flezz. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/42 "2004-05-03T10:36:09Z")
> [@JRootabega](#): > > Don’t know if this was the origin, but I think the first time people really became _aware_ of “meh” was the Simpsons episode Hungry Hungry Homer. Here is a lot of information: > [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/CABF09](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. Did that come before or after the one with the exchange: > [@some Simpsons episode](#): > > Homer: I can’t tell you kids, you’ll get upset. > Lisa: We’re the MTV Generation, we feel neither highs nor lows. > Homer: Really? How’s that feel? > Lisa: Meh. I think it was the one where Homer has heart surgery, but I’m not sure. If it was, then it definately comes before Blockoland. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/43 "2004-05-03T10:43:18Z")
Hey, I was right and wrong at the same time. [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F09.html](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F09.html) > [@](#): > > Bart: Nothing you say can upset us. We’re the MTV generation. > Lisa: We feel neither highs or lows. > Homer: Really? What’s it like? > Lisa: Ehh. [shrugs] > – “Homer’s Triple Bypass” It always sounded like “meh” to _me…_ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/44 "2004-05-03T12:11:33Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Well, kind of . . . It’s the white-bread version of “feh.” Like, you say “meh” when you don’t even care enough to say “feh.” I’m a “Feh” girl, myself. “Meh” just doesn’t have enough punch. ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/45 "2004-05-03T13:31:16Z")
I go with “gah” if I’m upset or “buh” if I’m just disinterested. Meh? Never heard that one. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/46 "2004-05-03T14:13:54Z")
This thread is teh ghey. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/47 "2004-05-03T18:59:39Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > **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._ This SOOOO reminds me of the two grotesquely obese brothers in NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/48 "2004-05-03T19:40:41Z")
I wouldn’t know. Warcraft ogres have two heads that argue with each other, unless it’s an ogre mage, then they cooperate better. ---
**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 3, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/49 "2004-05-03T21:15:32Z")
> [@AndrewT](#): > > [Not at all](http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxpostfi.html), it’s at least 100 years old. I knew about things like “She loves me, she loves me not” but don’t remember seeing Not! on its own until it started showing up on the net, on Usenet and mailing lists. I hated it, it’s just so sneery. I asked where it came from and was told SNL. Thanks for the background. I love this place! ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/50 "2004-05-04T01:01:17Z")
What’s the matter with ‘meh’? I use it to indicate my utter apathy in a situation, usually spoken, where I have no choice but to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/51 "2004-05-04T18:03:07Z")
I like “meh.” Seems to wrap it up tidily in a 3-letter expression. However what I loathe and feel is worthy of entering someone into the ranks of this nation’s punched is “Ummmm…” as in: “A Megabyte is 1000 kilobytes” “Ummmmm…actually it’s 1024. Geez, compute much?” Smug bastards. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/52 "2004-05-04T19:34:20Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > However what I loathe and feel is worthy of entering someone into the ranks of this nation’s punched is “Ummmm…” as in: > > “A Megabyte is 1000 kilobytes” > > “Ummmmm…actually it’s 1024. Geez, compute much?” > > Smug bastards. You just have to remember that the internet is about 85% 15 year-old “Comic Book Guys” who will never get laid their entire lives. Correcting you on some insignificant tech detail is pretty much going to be the high point of their existence. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/53 "2004-05-04T22:05:51Z")
ummmmm, actually, a Megabyte is 1024 Kilobytes. A megabyte is 1000 kilobytes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/54 "2004-05-05T04:13:30Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > OddTodd, I believe. Sorry, that was ‘mep’. My bad. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/55 "2004-05-05T07:37:22Z")
Marge: You sound like you’re going to buy a pony. Promise me you won’t. Homer: Mm. Marge: What was that? Was that a yes or a no? Homer: Buh! Marge: Those aren’t even words! Homer: Snuh! Marge: Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955/56 "2004-05-06T00:19:00Z")
Fucking meh to all this. _shrugs_ :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-did-meh-come-from/242955.md?page=2)