blah vs sparkling

blah

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. 

adj
  • Low in spirit or health; down. 

  • Dull; uninteresting; insipid. 

verb
  • To utter idle, meaningless talk. 

sparkling

noun
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam. 

  • A sparkling wine. 

adj
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light. 

  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles. 

  • Brilliant and vivacious. 

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