meh, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

meh adj.

[? from Yid. dismissive mneh and widely popularized The Simpsons; for a full discussion of meh, see D. Wilton https://wordorigins-org.ghost.io/meh/?ref=wordorigins-org-newsletter (posted 02/03/2025)]

undistinguished, average ‘so-so’; of a person, out of sorts.

1992		Melrose Place [TV script] So is the T[oken]H[omosexual] cute? YES!! Meh... far too Ken-doll for me.
2001		‘Hungry Hungry Homer’ in The Simpsons Mar. 🌐 Homer (after watching Blockoland commercial): Kids … how would you … like to go … to … Blockoland? Bart & Lisa (in unison): Meh. Homer: But the TV gave me the impression that… Bart: We said meh. Lisa: M-E-H. Meh.
2023		Twitter 8 Apr. 🌐 [of graphic design] Font/kerning is meh though. Probably would have still preferred them to zhuzh up the old one.
2025		N. Harbison X/Twitter 9 Feb. 🌐 I’ve been feeling very flat recently. Not tired or anxiety or depression that normally gets me down but just flat. Feeling meh.