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View synonyms for la-di-da
la-di-da
or la-de-da, lah-di-dah
[ lah-dee-dah ]
interjection
- (used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.)
adjective
- affected; pretentious; foppish:
a la-di-da manner.
noun
- an affected or pretentious person.
- behavior or speech characterized by affected or exaggerated gentility.
la-di-da
/ ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː /
adjective
- informal.affecting exaggeratedly genteel manners or speech
noun
- 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.
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Outside on the landing Michael heard him say to his wife: "Stuck up la-di-da sort of a ——, isn't he?"
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Yes, I could have been very rude to him; only it was beneath me, the uneducated la-di-da savage!
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Mr. La-di-da, the prisoner, not in the dock, but seated in a chair before it.
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You're enough to make a fellow drunk with your la-di-da behavior.
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