In Appreciation of John Schwartzwelder
7In a recently published New Yorker interview with the former prolific Simpsons writer, he explains where the term “Meh” came from (it first appeared in a Simpsons episode he wrote). If it wasn’t for Schwartzwelder, this website would not exist!
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Not that I don’t consider The Simpsons or the New Yorker as exemplary sources of factual information, but
meh
@2many2no
“the word is explained merely as the equivalent of a bleating or baa sound in English”
Goat says what?
@2many2no @unksol
Yeah, so appropriate, huh?!?
@2many2no I like how Meh got a shout-out in there.
@2many2no @PooltoyWolf Yes, me too!
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-swartzwelder-sage-of-the-simpsons
(You may have to give them a [real or fake] email address.)
@f00l I’ll happily continue to say a big NOPE to sites that force me to do that.
@f00l @unksol same
@f00l @mbersiam @unksol Opening in an incognito window should help. Or it’s a coincidence, I don’t know.
Salute to “Big” John Schwartzwielder
/image Use the Schwartz!