fiddle-de-dee

American  

[fid-l-di-dee] / ˌfɪd l dɪˈdi /

Or fiddlededee,

interjection

1. (used to express irritation, dismissive indifference, or scorn.)

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fiddle-de-dee British  

/ ˌfɪdəldɪˈdiː /

interjection

1. rare an exclamation of impatience, disbelief, or disagreement

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Etymology

Origin of fiddle-de-dee

1775–85; fiddle + -de- (reduplication prefix) + (Tweedle)dee (in obsolete sense “fiddler”)

Example Sentences

Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee, The fly shall marry the humble-bee.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

My art flatters nobody by imitation: it courts nobody by smoothness: it tickles nobody by politeness: it is without either fol-de-rol or fiddle-de-dee.

From Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

"To the devil with your fiddle-de-dee friendship!" he shouted.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman

The builders thought this boast a fiddle-de-dee, and invited the musician to fiddle away to his heart's content.

From The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)

All that stuff about self-protection, an' struggle for existence, is just fiddle-de-dee in so far's God's concerned.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.