blah vs nothing

blah

noun
  • Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk. 

  • (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc. 

verb
  • To utter idle, meaningless talk. 

intj
  • An expression of mild frustration. 

  • Representing the sound of vomiting. 

  • Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant. 

adj
  • Low in spirit or health; down. 

  • Dull; uninteresting; insipid. 

nothing

noun
  • A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings. 

  • Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. 

  • A nobody (insignificant person). 

pron
  • Not any thing; no thing. 

  • An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum. 

How often have the words blah and nothing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )