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- adjective   posh ,prestigious ,
- adjective pretentious
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Examples
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								“You think yer so big with all yer dictionary learning and la-de-da long sentences!” Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009 
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								I've always noticed it's the fastidious, la-de-da ones that turn out the rottenest. CHAPTER I 2010 
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								We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible. ' News Blues 2009 
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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. - r_urell 2007 
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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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								We just reported the damn thing with as little la-de-da as possible. News Blues 2009 
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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). Sara Vilkomerson's Guide To This Week's Movies: Ten Best of '08 2008 
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								During this time, I'd be walking around, feeling just fine, thank you, la-de-da de-da. Karen Salmansohn: Seek Out The Happiness In All Of Life's Crappiness 2008 
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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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