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« on: 07:49:59, 17-11-2008 »

I am distinctly not meh to announce that the word 'meh', as used by hh yesterday...
I'm up late, feeling a bit meh.
... has been granted a place in the Collins English Dictionary to celebrate the 30th anniversary of said organ.

Since CED is commonly used by crossword setters, I would like to celebrate this with a couple of clues:

Unfussed, yet edges back (3)
Somehow in the middle - am I bothered? (3)

While hardly worthy of the great Araucaria, I hope they bring some amusement to the gathered intelligentsia (ooh! I didn't realise that comes from Russian!).

I await Gordon Brown's first use of the word somewhere around 4pm today and I await the observation by someone (and I can probably guess who) that since the word is US in origin, it shows the sad decline of the English language under the onslaught of said nation, and probably before Gordon Brown uses the word at that.
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« Reply #1 on: 08:33:05, 17-11-2008 »

Is it of US origin? In what source was its first known use?

I had always assumed it to be one of the words so extreme in their onomatopoeiism (like 'Aaargh!' or 'Bleeeurgh!') that they can't truly be said to have a country of origin.

I'm pleased, though, that CED have chosen such a word for inclusion to mark such an auspicious anniversary.
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