Data for the State of Maryland shows that the five most populous incorporated places and their 2010 Census counts were: Baltimore city, 620,961; Frederick, 65,239; Rockville, 61,209; Gaithersburg 59,933; and Bowie, 54,727. Rockvilleâs population grew by 276% in the 1950s.
Meh is an interjection used as an expression of indifference or boredom. It may also mean be it as it may. It is often regarded as a verbal shrug of the shoulders. The use of the term meh shows that the speaker is apathetic, uninterested, or indifferent to the question or subject at hand. It is occasionally used as an adjective, meaning something is mediocre or unremarkable.
Iâve been in touch with Sadock about meh over the years, and last year, when I was researching a column on the interjection for the Boston Globe, he found a smoking gun of sorts in Alexander Harkavy's Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary (4th ed., 1928). Here is Harkavy's treatment of the word ××¢ (me): The definitions as an interjection meaning be it as it may and an adjective meaning so-so track fairly closely to current uses of meh. As you can see, Harkavy defines it separately as a bleating interjection, which matches his entry in the 1898 edition of his dictionary: baa! bleat!