yada-yada-yada
AmericanOr yadda-yadda-yadda
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yada-yada-yada
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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Doing yada-yada-yada non-stop is beyond pedantic, tedious, and just plain boring and dull.
From New York Times
Peter Mehlman will likely always be best known for penning such standards as “Yada-yada-yada,” “double-dipping” and “sponge-worthy” during his eight-year writer-producer run on “Seinfeld.”
From Los Angeles Times
Having said all of that, this is such a textbook “dark sequel” trailer that it borders on parody, complete with narration by the new villain explaining that the moral simplicity established by the first film was just an illusion, that the heroes haven’t really made anything better, that yada-yada-yada.
From Forbes
The premise of the movie, such as it is, is that Lucy, a drug mule living in Taiwan, is exposed to a bit of high-tech pharma that suddenly increases her brain power, giving her the ability to outwit entire police departments, travel through time and space, dematerialize at will and yada-yada-yada, cut to gunfights, special effects and a portentous message about, well, something or other.
From Time
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