Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So-so; poor; languid.
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Examples
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I staggered into the cabin and set the alarm for four a.m. before I let drunken sorrow drop-kick me to la-la land.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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But let's not wander into conspiracy theory la-la land, please.
Alan Gottlieb: Conjuring Conspiracies (VIDEO) Alan Gottlieb 2010
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the "real world."
Parker J. Palmer: Real-World Change Can Come From Within Parker J. Palmer 2012
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Only his work and an anthology of knock-knock jokes had kept him from slipping into la-la land.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the "real world."
Parker J. Palmer: Real-World Change Can Come From Within Parker J. Palmer 2012
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the "real world."
Parker J. Palmer: Real-World Change Can Come From Within Parker J. Palmer 2012
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Tony Curtis ruled from a facade throne in la-la land, then dazzled for decades in Sin City and ended up presiding over the very real and noble task of helping stallions pass to greener pastures at the Shiloh Horse Sanctuary (a nonprofit organization that he co-founded with wife, Jill Curtis).
Natalie Pace: Tony Curtis: Actor, Artist, Sex Symbol, Father and Savior of Stallions Natalie Pace 2010
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Tony Curtis ruled from a facade throne in la-la land, then dazzled for decades in Sin City and ended up presiding over the very real and noble task of helping stallions pass to greener pastures at the Shiloh Horse Sanctuary (a nonprofit organization that he co-founded with wife, Jill Curtis).
Natalie Pace: Tony Curtis: Actor, Artist, Sex Symbol, Father and Savior of Stallions Natalie Pace 2010
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the "real world."
Parker J. Palmer: Real-World Change Can Come From Within Parker J. Palmer 2012
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Only his work and an anthology of knock-knock jokes had kept him from slipping into la-la land.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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