"Meh," a word which indicates a lack of interest or enthusiasm, became the latest addition to the Collins English Dictionary. The word, which beats hundreds of other suggestions from members of the public, will feature in the 30th-anniversary edition of the dictionary. Though the word apparently originates from North America, Collins said it was now widely used on the Internet, and was increasingly heard in British spoken English. The dictionary entry for "meh" will say it can be used as an interjection to indicate indifference or boredom, as an adjective to describe something as boring or mediocre, or to show that an individual is apathetic or unimpressed. The word was popularized by the U.S. comedy animation series "The Simpsons," where characters Bart and Lisa use it to express indifference when their father Homer suggests a day trip. It was submitted by Erin Whyte from Nottingham, central England, and a panel of Collins language experts singled it out from the hundreds of other submissions because of its frequency of use in modern English. "This is a new exclamation from the U.S. that seems to have made its way into common speech over here," said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins Dictionaries. "It shows people are increasingly writing in a register somewhere in between spoken and written English."