Meh.

Today is good news for everything dismissive, lame or second-rate. 'Meh', the three-letter descriptive standby used by Lisa Simpson for such things not worth expending any more breath, language or time upon, has been accepted for the 30th anniversary of the Collins English Dictionary.

So, meh? Well, once again it displays the enduring flexibility and evolving character of the English Language. Which, let us remember, unlike French is free from ossifying academic regulation and codification.

Plus, the fact that the use of meh has grown democratically, through web articles, blogs, texting, e-mail, and finally the print media, demonstrates that our linguistic culture is just as potently alive and ingenious as it was back in 1538 when Sir Thomas Elyot established the tradition of a dictionary in English. So, yeah.