la-di-da

or la-de-da, lah-di-dah

[lah-dee-dah]Informal.

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interjection

(used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.)

adjective

affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.

noun

an affected or pretentious person.
behavior or speech characterized by affected or exaggerated gentility.

Origin of la-di-da

First recorded in 1880–85; derisive imitation of affected, pseudo-elevated speech

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Related Words for la-di-da

apish, artificial, assumed, awkward, chichi, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, feigned, fraud, ham, hollow, insincere, mannered, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, pompous

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Contemporary Examples of la-di-da

But la-di-da people also buy that water in Fiji and have it shipped thousands of miles, so maybe they would have been fine.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water
P. J. O’Rourke
August 4, 2014

Historical Examples of la-di-da

You're enough to make a fellow drunk with your la-di-da behavior.
Carnival
Compton Mackenzie
Mr. La-di-da, the prisoner, not in the dock, but seated in a chair before it.
The Tables Turned
William Morris

British Dictionary definitions for la-di-da

la-di-da

lah-di-dah or la-de-da

adjective

informal affecting exaggeratedly genteel manners or speech

noun

a la-di-da person

Word Origin for la-di-da

C19: mockingly imitative of affected speech

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Word Origin and History for la-di-da

mocking of affected gentility, 1874, in derisive imitation of "swell" way of talking.