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- interjection Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.
- noun One of a set of items which do not need to be specified; often used in conjunction with the catch phrase
yadda yadda yadda .
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Examples
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Yadda, yadda, yadda, here we are today: College football, Dick Clark and Times Square, drunken amateur pyro-wannabes setting off bottle-rockets, Nachos, Champagne etc ...
Cicily Janus: A New New Year's Resolution: Redefining the Tradition 2009
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Yadda, yadda, yadda. morzer: Well, I certainly am not doing that to you, either!
Balloon Juice 2010
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Yadda, yadda, yadda. concludes the Journal has no idea what it's talking about [emphasis added]:
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Lameduck-soon-to-be-impeached Bush is so far out of touch with the real world that he probably doesn’t realize that he’s created his own self-fulfilling prophesy…..wasn’t it on 60 minutes that he uttered those fateful words: Well, I don’t care if it’s only Barney and Laura who are still my friends…..yadda yadda yadda?
Think Progress » NRA pressured to resist Bush energy policies. 2007
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I'm often irritated by their tendency to do what I call "yadda yadda" in ending their episodes, wrapping up mysteries in ways that make no sense or show any care on the part of the people constructing them.
Ask Matt: Finale Fever, Cougar Town, The Killing, Cancellation Fallout and More! 2011
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That's all I heard for two hours last night, too, 40 years later: well traveled, safe, and predicable "yadda" with oppressive overdoses of the conventional "blah."
THE UFO CHRONICLES 2008
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You couldn't [make up] some of the stuff, and, I think, again in the case of this film, it's a story of very larger-than-life characters [creating] outrageous situations, misguided choices, and yadda, yadda, yadda.
Brad Balfour: Actor Kevin Spacey Gambles On Casino Jack and Gets a Golden Globe Nom Brad Balfour 2011
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Sometime in the next few decades, assuming civilization is still here yadda yadda, a company will manufacture and market a cleaning robot capable of “stopping messes before they start,” including learning and self-initiative.
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Unfortunately they didn't, so we're stuck with idiots claiming that this is because Obama is President, yadda-yadda-yadda.
'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care 2009
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You couldn't [make up] some of the stuff, and, I think, again in the case of this film, it's a story of very larger-than-life characters [creating] outrageous situations, misguided choices, and yadda, yadda, yadda.
Brad Balfour: Actor Kevin Spacey Gambles On Casino Jack and Gets a Golden Globe Nom Brad Balfour 2011
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