"Meh"

So, I have a friend who says "meh" and then shuffles to the left (or right) when you ask him a question that he doesn't know the answer to. There will be more later on the big move today and why I am blogging at 3:33AM and not sleeping but everything is fantastic, this is way more exciting.

English Nerds Declare New Words
NewsNov 18th 2008
By Emerald Catron

Words that most people knew were words all along are now officially words! The editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (hot off the heels of announcing the most annoying phrases in the English language) and the Collins English Dictionary have added a host of "new" terms to their tomes, which are generally regarded as the authorities for modern English. A few gems include "crunk" (ha), "zombie"(duh), "Yogalates" (ugh) and the deceptively exciting-sounding "blowback."

But perhaps none is more exciting than "meh," that guttural grunting sound you've been making instead of saying, "I don't care." Although its origins are unclear, researchers believe "meh" owes its current degree of usage to an oft-quoted episode of "The Simpsons," which makes it even more awesomely geeky.

True, some people feel that the addition of such terms degrades the English language, but they can kiss our collective bahookie. That's right -- "bahookie" is another add. Oxford claims it's Scottish slang for "a person's buttocks," but we suspect it's some kind of elaborate joke played by exceptionally bored lexicographers. Stop trying to make "bahookie" happen, guys.

(Psst, dictionary dudes -- if you need to know how to perfectly illustrate "bahookie," you might enjoy Asylum's journalistic investigation of the world's most beautiful butt contest. Link is NSFW, obviously.)