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  1. adj. posh, prestigious,
  2. adj. pretentious.

Examples

  • ““You think yer so big with all yer dictionary learning and la-de-da long sentences!””

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  • “I've always noticed it's the fastidious, la-de-da ones that turn out the rottenest.”

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  • “We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible.”

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  • “We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible. ”

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  • “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.”

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  • “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.”

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  • “It ` s just like, oh, la-de-da, I ` m going on a ride up PCH.”

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  • “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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