blah vs sluggish

blah

adj
  • Dull; uninteresting; insipid. 

  • Low in spirit or health; down. 

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

  • Nonsense; drivel; 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. 

verb
  • To utter idle, meaningless talk. 

sluggish

adj
  • Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive 

  • Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. 

  • Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. 

  • Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. 

  • Slow; having little motion. 

How often have the words blah and sluggish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )