“Meh” added to the dictionary; The English Language dies a slow horrible death

Normally I wouldn’t comment on anything having to do with English,  written language,   grammar, etc.  This is largely because I routinely abuse all of the above.  If there were laws against grammar abuse I’d have been locked away years ago.  For that very reason, back when I wrote for my college newspaper (for those of you who are shocked, yes, I really did.  I even got awards) I had an editor go over my columns and fix everything before it was published.  Editors are like gods to me. 

ANYWAY,   I couldn’t help but notice yesterday the inclusion of a new word in the Collins English Dictionary.  That word is “meh”. 

Now, while I am 100% guilty of using meh in my every day life, I did so knowing full well it wasn’t a real word.  I basked in the glory of using a non-word to express a particular feeling.   Adding it to the DICTIONARY just seems ridiculous to me.  

If you think about this for a second,  ”meh” sounds an awful lot like a dismissive grunt (which is kinda what it was supposed to be anyways).  If we accept the notion that “meh” is nothing more than a dismissive grunt, then we’re now adding grunting to the dictionary, instead of real words.  I posit that our written and spoken languages are devolving!

This is now the second time I’ve been shocked at a words inclusion in the dictionary.    The first would be when “ginormous” was added. (don’t believe me: Websters Dictionary) and let’s not forget the recent addition to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary - Woot.

This could well be the beginning of the death of the English Language.   

Meh.