<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 10/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kyle Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:kylewesleysmith@gmail.com">kylewesleysmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What's the "blah blah"?</blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div><br>It's gangster slang.<br><p><DEFANGED_div id="dictionary">
<dl><dt class="highlight"><a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=blah">blah (n.)</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blah" class="dictionary" title="Look up blah at Dictionary.com"><img DEFANGED_src="http://www.etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif" alt="Look up blah at Dictionary.com" title="Look up blah at Dictionary.com" height="16" width="16">
</a></dt><dd class="highlight">"idle, meaningless talk," 1918, probably echoic; the adj. meaning "bland, dull" is from 1919, perhaps infl. by Fr. <DEFANGED_span class="foreign">blasé</DEFANGED_span> "bored, indifferent."
<DEFANGED_span class="foreign">The blahs</DEFANGED_span> "depression" is first attested 1969.</dd><dt><br></dt><dt>It means the thing I want to say is so insignificant that to say it would probably be a waste of time. But it may have been worth typing in this case.
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</p><DEFANGED_div><br></p><DEFANGED_div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 10/3/06, <a href="mailto:Phillip_L._Hebenstreit@hud.gov">Phillip_L._Hebenstreit@hud.gov
</a><br><<a href="mailto:Phillip_L._Hebenstreit@hud.gov">Phillip_L._Hebenstreit@hud.gov</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> Hello,<br>><br>> The problem is schools don't care about cost, they want name brand items.
<br>> They can hire a Blackboard expert and then raise tuition another 1% stating<br>> that the school is investing in technology resources to further the students<br>> learning experience at GRCC using industry standard hardware and software,
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