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la-di-da

or la-de-da, lah-di-dah

[ lah-dee-dah ]

interjection

  1. (used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.)


adjective

  1. affected; pretentious; foppish:

    a la-di-da manner.

noun

  1. an affected or pretentious person.
  2. behavior or speech characterized by affected or exaggerated gentility.

la-di-da

/ ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː /

adjective

  1. informal.
    affecting exaggeratedly genteel manners or speech


noun

  1. a la-di-da person

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Word History and Origins

Origin of la-di-da1

First recorded in 1880–85; derisive imitation of affected, pseudo-elevated speech

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Word History and Origins

Origin of la-di-da1

C19: mockingly imitative of affected speech

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Example Sentences

But la-di-da people also buy that water in Fiji and have it shipped thousands of miles, so maybe they would have been fine.

Outside on the landing Michael heard him say to his wife: "Stuck up la-di-da sort of a ——, isn't he?"

Yes, I could have been very rude to him; only it was beneath me, the uneducated la-di-da savage!

Mr. La-di-da, the prisoner, not in the dock, but seated in a chair before it.

You're enough to make a fellow drunk with your la-di-da behavior.

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