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I don't know that this is a Riff-Raff topic, but I couldn't think where else to put it.
Looks like it goes in General.

I've always been interested in what phrase (or sound effect) people use when they're trying to shorten a speech. I've always used "blah-blah" as in, "So my mom was telling me to clean my room, blah-blah, and I asked her why she's always nagging me." Other people seem to use mostly "yada yada" as in "I was on the IRC talking to RandomMan about video games, yada yada, and next thing you know we're back on the subject of dicks!" or "dah dah" as in "Brucker was droning on about some pointless crap, dah dah dah dah dah, and I just downvoted him on general principles."

So, in short, I'm curious as to what you say as generic sentence filler.

I usually say "and so on" or "et cetera."

"Well, you know."

I spent like five whole goddamn minutes trying to remember what I use in these instances, and then I finally realized: I don't. Seems like my mind doesn't work that way, and nor does my language. Everything has to be point A to point B, then to point C, all the way to the end. No yada yadas for me. Is that weird? Probably.
Though I guess if you're just asking what I use when I trail off a sentence, like others seem to think, I usually use the phrases they already stated.

"You know?" It's so bad when I start to catch myself I almost seize up because it seems like I can't talk without this verbal tick, you know?

"I wonder what's for dinner."

Just blah blah blah, but theres also the rare derpty-fuckin'-doo.

[desperately brings up random subjects to avoid awkward silence]

Depending on present company, I have a tendency to end my sentences with, "and all that other fucking shit, I dunno."