In a great day for "The Simpsons" fans and anyone under 30 worldwide, the word "meh" has today been awarded a permanent place in the Collins English Dictionary.
"The origins of "meh" are murky, but the term grew in popularity after being used in a 2001 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer suggests a day trip to his children Bart and Lisa.
"They both just reply 'meh' and keep watching TV," said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins Dictionaries."
The dictionary defines "meh" as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring.
Full story here.
Can anybody think of any more words that have become used in everyday speech, yet aren't in the dictionary yet?
hmm...
(Actually it seems that "hmm" is another one)
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