Yes, I do use "meh" in real life, pronounced like "feh". I think that's about the only one I use, though.

I say it sometimes. Pronounce it like it's written.

I'm pretty sure that I (and my friends) have been saying meh (m'eh - short on the eh) before Bart said it on the Simpsons (and he says it essentially the same as we do).

"teh intarwebs" sometimes.

I pronounce it as is canon, just like the comic book guy.

I do not use any internet acronidioms in real life, no. I have heard some anecdotal tales but have not personally heard anyone else do so either.

I always saw it as a variation on the Yiddish "Pheh," rather than a web-centric thing.

Look at me I just coined a word!

WOOT!

I don't.

mr t: it's a splendid coinage, congratulations. Quick, get it into wikipedia and point to this page so that your place in history is secure.

Well, as secure as wikipedia, which admittedly isn't very.

GS: It belongs in the Wikitionary. Please.

Simpsons rules then. Hmm, I know kids who say 'D'oh' but not adults so far. And as neologistic petri dish, the subsequent thread, if not the question, justfies itself. No losing sleep over this tonight.

wasn't it more like, "m'uh"?

good question, by the way

Meh, along with Bah, is a word which would cause me to smack you, if you used it in person with me. I don't know why people think they're ok to say online.

I don't say "meh", but I do say "d'oh".

For meh moments, I say "eh", which works perfectly well in real life, but not so much on the internet, because tone and inflection are obviously critical.

Eideteker -- yes, it does. However a link to here doesn't belong in the wikitionary, that's the sort of thing you'd put in the wikipedia article. And a great many words and phrases are in both places, with links between them.

Neither Wikipedia nor Wiktionary is appropriate for a neologism that is not widely accepted or encountered. Try urbandictionary.com ...

Yeah, I believe that meh was at least regional or teenage slang long before it appeared on the Simpsons. It's certainly come of age recently though, and I find myself using it in real life.

I think it's pretty close to a sort of half-uttered "humph" sound, which I have made for many years.

"Bah" was used by Dickens, you know. And he may well have been the first to commit such an utterance to the page. Where's that OED login? Oh yeah.

One thing that's interesting to me is that 20 years ago, I found that Larry Niven had a lot of characters saying "yah" where I would say "yeah". It's pretty much the same as Germanic "ja", of course, and has probably been in English for a very long time. It wasn't common in the Midwest, certainly. But completely unconsciously I found a few years ago that I say that more and more -- usually where I have a bit of an edge to it, as in being annoyed.

"Dan, got a moment?"
"Yah ...?"

I say "Meh" all the time.

I also have this habit of "speaking" in syllables that start with "m" and end in a vowel, very often instead of asking a coherent question. Sadly, my husband is so used to this that he knows exactly how to answer me when I say "Maooo?"

It's a pity that I actually have to point out that my suggestion wasn't serious.

"Bah" was used by Dickens, you know.

Duh.

I would've smacked Scrooge.

I found that Larry Niven had a lot of characters saying "yah" where I would say "yeah". It's pretty much the same as Germanic "ja", of course, and has probably been in English for a very long time.

A scene from "Fargo" springs to mind.

Who cares, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in. Ow, you fucking fascist!
Man. I'm really looking forward to when Lobowskifest comes to my town.
Because I was one of the original authors of the Port Huron Statement.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI: EMBRACE MY DRUNKEN LOVE

We are floating up a steep scrubby slope. We hear male voices
gently singing "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and a deep, affable,
Western-accented voice--Sam Elliot's, perhaps:

VOICE-OVER
A way out west there was a fella,
fella I want to tell you about, fella
by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At
least, that was the handle his lovin'
parents gave him, but he never had
much use for it himself. This
Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
Now, Dude, that's a name no one would
self-apply where I come from. But
then, there was a lot about the Dude
that didn't make a whole lot of sense
to me. And a lot about where he
lived, like- wise. But then again,
maybe that's why I found the place
s'durned innarestin'.

We top the rise and the smoggy vastness of Los Angeles at
twilight stretches out before us.

VOICE-OVER
They call Los Angeles the City of
Angels. I didn't find it to be that
exactly, but I'll allow as there are
some nice folks there. 'Course, I
can't say I seen London, and I never
been to France, and I ain't never
seen no queen in her damn undies as
the fella says. But I'll tell you
what, after seeing Los Angeles and
thisahere story I'm about to unfold--
wal, I guess I seen somethin' ever'
bit as stupefyin' as ya'd see in any
a those other places, and in English
too, so I can die with a smile on my
face without feelin' like the good
Lord gypped me.

(Edited to save the life of a scroll bunny. You can see everything here. -taz)

The Dude Abides.

I'm watching The Thin Man right now. A few seconds ago:

NICK:
I'm hero. I was shot two times in the Tribune.

NORA:
I read you were shot five times in the tabloids.

NICK:
It's not true, he didn't get anywhere near my tabloids.

Nick: I will take those two shots though!

Interesting.

I was saying "yah" or "yeah" or "ja" around '85. My 3rd/4th grade teacher would have hissy fits and tried to break me of the habit and tried to make me say "yes" as an affirmative.

"How do you Pronounce 'Meh' ?"

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mr. t: middle part.

I do say "meh", and sometimes I just can't help it, I say "evar".

Has anyone said "Motherfucking snakes on a plane" out loud yet? Try it sometime...hah.

Nope, but I use "feh" and "duh". And "bleh" is a favourite.

I think that Amy's interjections on Futurama illustrate adequately enough how stupid "words" of this variety are.