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la-di-da

  [lah-dee-dah] Informal.
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–interjection
1. (used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.)
–adjective
2. affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
–noun
3. an affected or pretentious person.
4. behavior or speech characterized by affected or exaggerated gentility.
Also, la-de-da, lah-di-dah.

Origin:
1880–85; derisive imitation of affected, pseudo-elevated speech
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la-di-da also la-de-da   (lä'dē-dä')   
adj.   Informal
Affectedly genteel; pretentious.
interj.  Used to express disdain for something viewed as pretentious.

[Imitative of affected speech.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

la-di-da 
mocking of affected gentility, c.1883, in derisive imitation of "swell" way of talking.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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