Definitions
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- noun a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
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Examples
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As Red can't wait to torture a terrified Vanning, he sinisterly and bizarrely sings: "The tougher they are the more fun they are tra-la."
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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As Red can't wait to torture a terrified Vanning, he sinisterly and bizarrely sings: "The tougher they are the more fun they are tra-la."
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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Porn and chicken bartering and men without shirts, tra-la!
Midterm Madness: The Story Of The 2010 Campaign, So Far (VIDEO) 2010
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Lest we fancy that we shall endlessly and effortlessly be as the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, let us bear in mind that reptilian and mammalian energies are still very much with us.
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As Red can't wait to torture a terrified Vanning, he sinisterly and bizarrely sings: "The tougher they are the more fun they are tra-la."
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Anyway, I don't think anyone's gone unsung, tra-la, tra-la.
New person (2009 Challenge) mossum 2009
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Anyway, I don't think anyone's gone unsung, tra-la, tra-la.
Archive 2009-12-01 mossum 2009
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Dusty, I knew DRH was in pb, but I'll be buying it at Bouchercon, tra-la.
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE 2006
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Reblog the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la
June 2007 2007
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It is estimated, tra-la, tra-la, that there are over $200 trillion (that is “T” for trillion) worth of derivative bets floating around.
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