'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary

Why the heck shouldn't it be in the dictionary?

There are plenty of words in the dictionary that are slang and plenty that are sounds.

Whenever I read comments like this it smacks me of people being snobbish.

Language evolves, if it wasn't documented in things like the dictionary the dictionary would be a defunct, out-dated, manual that no one in a modern society could use within a single generation.

It has always has, and always will be, the tome in which we chronicle the evolution of vocab society.
 
Heh, this is one of the first times a story like this has contained a word that people actually still use! "Girl Power", anyone?
 
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Edmund Blackadder
Yes, I saw one of the harridans on Buzzcocks last week and it seems to me they spout this term to allow people to say 'Ohhh, thats who you are you dried up old has-been'
sounds like the start of an insult in mumble language , its a funny wee sound its like when someone TUTS kinda rude ! Or the sound someone makes when rolling ones eyes x
 
I have no problem with dictionaries keeping up with the times. I can also think of a few words that need added definitions to them.
 
Hmmm, I take no issue with it being added to the dictionary, but do people actually use that in conversation as in 'in person'? Cause I've never heard anyone utter that word out loud I've just seen it used in writing online...
 
Airam said:
Hmmm, I take no issue with it being added to the dictionary, but do people actually use that in conversation as in 'in person'? Cause I've never heard anyone utter that word out loud I've just seen it used in writing online...
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Does that matter?

Chatting online has become such a large medium for communication that it surely is valid.

Having said that, I do actually say 'meh' to friends in the real world because I think it sums up my mood perfectly and other people understand it instantly.

I did, however, hear someone say 'LOL' - thats when I wanted to beat them!!!
 
In my junior year of high school I overheard to girls talking, and one girl said "LOL!". The other girl was like "Um....did you just say lol?" And the other girl was embarrassed and said it was a habit because she had spent the entire summer chatting to friends online.

I thought it was hilarious.
 
One of my friends says 'meh' all the time. Not just when he's describing his mood, it's just his answer if he doesn't have an answer. In fact, I fully expect to open up a dictionary one day and find, next to the word 'meh' a picture of Stephen and the definition: 'Stephen What-his-name's answer to everything'. lol
 
Randy Giles said:
In my junior year of high school I overheard to girls talking, and one girl said "LOL!". The other girl was like "Um....did you just say lol?" And the other girl was embarrassed and said it was a habit because she had spent the entire summer chatting to friends online.

I thought it was hilarious.
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Yeah, if that was my friend, I would beat them and with every tear they shed I would say 'you aren't LOLling now are you' then I would probably go and have a cup of tea, maybe have a little cry and eat some scones.
 
Bored of the Dead said:
Does that matter?

Chatting online has become such a large medium for communication that it surely is valid.

Having said that, I do actually say 'meh' to friends in the real world because I think it sums up my mood perfectly and other people understand it instantly.

I did, however, hear someone say 'LOL' - thats when I wanted to beat them!!!
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No I don't think it matters at all, I was just curious cause I got to thinking if I'd ever actually heard it said and I couldn't think of a single time. I agree that online communication is valid enough... plus "meh" is kind of on the same wavelength as a world like say, "oh" or maybe "boo" as used to express disagreement.
 
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