Definitions
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- interjection slang An imitation of the sound of
gagging , used to expressdisgust ordisdain . - verb slang To have the vomiting reflex triggered.
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Examples
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For every moment of awe a writer has at seeing her book on a shelf, at being told by readers what comfort they found in your words, come the times when you read the word "blech" in a reader's review.
Randy Susan Meyers: The Comfort of Bad Reviews (That Aren't Yours) Randy Susan Meyers 2011
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A blech is a fitted sheet of aluminum that is designed to cover two adjacent gas burners.
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I admit the story was kinda "blech", but the movie was amusing and I liked it.
Sound Off: The Mummy 3 - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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"Someone will mention Albany now and we'll go 'blech'," joked McGonigal, who lives in Clearwater Beach, Fla.
timesunion.com: Local Breaking News webmaster@timesunion.com 2010
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"Someone will mention Albany now and we'll go 'blech'," joked McGonigal, who lives in Clearwater Beach, Fla.
timesunion.com: Local Breaking News webmaster@timesunion.com 2010
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I try not to dismiss things too quickly, but the "blech" reaction is hard to ignore once it kicks in.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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I try not to dismiss things too quickly, but the "blech" reaction is hard to ignore once it kicks in.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Now, I'm not saying self-esteem is the reason for the excessive amounts of "blech" in modern entertainment, but when people (such as movie execs) get it in their head that they know what the public needs / wants to see, the art form is in trouble.
The Daily Barometer 2009
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April 20th, 2010 6: 26 pm ET blech ... just history repeating itself all over again. the economy is finally starting to stabilize. do i really want republicans back in power to send us back spiraling downward? no. badger
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The problem is that 95% (at least) of people in that age range grew up with Microsoft products; they think that “operating system” = “MS Windows” (or simply that “computer” = “MS Windows”), that MS Excel is all that is needed for any data management, but that if something beyond that is needed that “MS Access” = “database” [blech].
Matthew Yglesias » The End of Hierarchical File Systems 2010
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