Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Affectedly genteel; pretentious.
- interjection Used to express disdain for something viewed as pretentious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act in a languidly genteel manner; pose as a ‘swell.’
- Languidly genteel in speech or manner; foppishly affected.
- noun A languidly genteel person; an affected fop or ‘swell.’
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Disdainful description ofpretension orhaughtiness . - interjection Expression of
disdain forpretension orhaughtiness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective affectedly genteel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I raised my eyebrows, but I may as well have whistled, or said, “Well, la-di-da.”
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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Ever la-di-da shitass in this town will be able to spit on us if we take charity!
Matchless Valour 2009
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Ever la-di-da shitass in this town will be able to spit on us if we take charity!
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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I raised my eyebrows, but I may as well have whistled, or said, “Well, la-di-da.”
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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The guy seems to care so little about his work here that he fails to believably: type on a keyboard (re: his character is a professional writer), urgently ride a bicycle in a downpour (again, he does this with inexplicable la-di-da slowness), and talk at a GPS with any semblance of a person who is frustrated.
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No one must be different from himself in voice, clothes, manners, recreations, choice of food: Here is someone who speaks English rather more clearly and euphoniously than I — it must be a vile, upstage, la-di-da affectation.
Screwtape on Democracy | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2008
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"I'm awful curious to hear how Deputy Joe's going to prove any of this la-di-da."
Static 2010
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Up the hill to the la-di-da bistros of the Palace: atleastit's downhill at the end ofthe night.
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When I've had enough of la-di-da Lan, I head to a family-run restaurant named Liu Zhai Shi Fu, located in a hutong behind The National Museum of Art. I suggest sitting in the enclosed courtyard where silk vines hang overhead.
Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing 2010
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The polling place serves both the somewhat more la-di-da residents of the Hills and the somewhat more working - and middle-class Armenian and Hispanic neighborhoods of the flats.
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