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- adj. posh, prestigious,
- adj. pretentious.
Examples
““You think yer so big with all yer dictionary learning and la-de-da long sentences!””
“I've always noticed it's the fastidious, la-de-da ones that turn out the rottenest.”
“We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible.”
“We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible. ”
“To this end, I tend to avoid some of the elements of reviewing that have become tropes of the genre, i.e., plot summary, literary genealogy, random quotes, la-de-da.”
“I ` m saying 23rd birthday, is she likely, given what you know, to just sort of say, la-de-da, I ` m here and I ` m going to make the best of it.”
“It ` s just like, oh, la-de-da, I ` m going on a ride up PCH.”
“Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Allen muse Scarlet Johansson) are two American la-de-da friends of very different temperaments on holiday in Spain when they both fall for the same hot Spanish painter (Javier Bardem).”
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“During this time, I'd be walking around, feeling just fine, thank you, la-de-da de-da.”
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“Partly it is an effort to find a responsive human chord in one associated with all that la-de-da kingly English history stuff from school.”
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