blah blah blah

English

Etymology

Reduplication of blah.

Interjection

blah blah blah

A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking.
Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet!
A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content.
I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots.

Alternative forms

blah blah

Synonyms

(boring content): yada yada yada

Translations

a put-down to silence someone

Dutch:
Finnish:
German: blablabla
Greek: μπούρου-μπούρου (boúrou-boúrou)

Russian: ля-ля-тополя́ (ru) (lja-lja-topoljá), не на́до ля-ля́ (ne nádo lja-ljá), бла-бла-бла́ (ru) (bla-bla-blá)
Serbo-Croatian: bla bla bla
Spanish: bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla, blablablá
Swedish: bla bla, bla bla bla

a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content

Dutch: blablabla (nl)
Finnish: pälä-pälä-pälä
German: Blabla (de) n, Blablabla (de) n
Italian: blablabla

Russian: ля-ля-ля́ (ru) (lja-lja-ljá), бла-бла-бла́ (ru) (bla-bla-blá), ля-ля́ фа-фа́ (lja-ljá fa-fá)
Spanish: bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla, blablablá
Swedish: blablabla
Vietnamese: bô lô ba la (vi), ba la bô lô (vi)

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