***meh*** According to Merriam Webster, **meh** is: > —used to express indifference or mild disappointment > > First Known Use of meh: 1992 > > adjective > > 1 : not impressive : so-so ·a meh documentary > > 2 : apathetic, indifferent ·the movie left me feeling meh The [Oxford English Dictionary](http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/35993760?redirectedFrom=meh#eid) also lists **meh**, with definition very similar to that of M-W. However, the OED suggest an earliest use of "1928 or earlier." **Meh** has made it into the NY Times, as quoted by the OED: > 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Nov. b13/1 Who else could they > root for? The Chicago Bulls? Impossible. The Boston Celtics? > Unconscionable. The team in New Jersey? Meh and into other mainstream publications > 2010 Time Out N.Y. 20 May 52/1 While this seems like an also-ran > collection..even meh Picasso is better than a lot of the stuff out > there. The word is often uttered with a shrug of the shoulders and a deprecating expression on the face. I always assumed that the origin of **meh** was Yiddish, and was surprised to find, in [meh, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh#Origin) that its origin is speculative: > The origin is unknown. Some have speculated that the term's origin is > Yiddish because of its similarity to the interjection "feh",[3] which > appears in the 1936 Yiddish song Yidl Mitn Fidl. In Alexander > Harkavy's "Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary" the word is treated as a > bleating or baa sound. Hooray for Yiddish, by Leo Rosten uses the word > "mnyeh", which is speculated to be an early variant of "meh".