くだらない話、などなど
解説 Definition
blah は、くだらない話、中身のないおしゃべり、退屈で重要でない内容を表すくだけた語です。blah blah blah と繰り返すと、話の詳細を「なんだかんだ」「などなど」と軽蔑的に省略できます。人の発言に使うと失礼に響くことがあり、丁寧な文章では通常避けます。
Blah is an informal expression used to represent dull, meaningless, predictable, or unimportant speech, or an utterance showing boredom and lack of interest. Repeated as “blah blah blah,” it can dismiss or omit details that the speaker considers tedious.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
blah は退屈で中身のない話や、関心のなさを示すくだけた表現です。blah blah blah と重ねれば「どうでもいい話が延々と続く」という感じになります。長い説明に飽きた人が内容を省略して口にする場面を思い浮かべ、丁寧な文章や改まった会話では避けましょう。
Think of blah as the sound assigned to words that feel too boring or unimportant to repeat. A bored listener may say blah, while a speaker may replace tedious details with blah blah blah. The repetition suggests talk continuing without content worth attending to. This makes the expression useful for playful imitation, dismissal, or deliberate omission, but it can sound rude when it refers to another person’s real words. Keep it for informal conversation, jokes, and casual writing rather than polite or formal communication. Its vague sound matches its vague, dismissive function.
例文
I stopped listening after ten minutes of blah blah blah.
くだらない話が10分続いたところで、私は聞くのをやめました。
Skip the blah and tell me what actually happened.
中身のない話は抜きにして、実際に何が起きたのか教えてください。
The speech was full of the usual blah about hard work and success.
その演説は、努力や成功についてのありきたりで中身のない話ばかりでした。
blah の類義語・関連語
blah の語源・成り立ち Etymology
blah はラテン語などにさかのぼる語ではなく、退屈なおしゃべりをまねた擬音・擬態的な語として20世紀英語に現れました。だから「blah blah」で中身のない話を感じさせ、blabber も近い“だらだら話す”響きの仲間です。
Blah does not have a securely established descent from an ancient lexical root. It appeared in twentieth-century English as an imitative expression suggesting empty, tedious, or indistinct talk. Its sound-symbolic character is especially clear in the repeated phrase blah blah blah, which represents speech whose details are being ignored or dismissed. Similarity to words such as blabber may reinforce its association with excessive talk, but that resemblance should not be treated as proof of direct derivation.
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