lah-di-dah
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Now, let’s catch up with what’s happening with the Republican administration in the US, lah-di-dah, here we are and – um.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2017
It’s part of Dame Maggie’s genius that she can take a role in which she falls so low and yet play substantially the same character as when she was performing someone lah-di-dah.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2015
He said people needed to adopt a "cold-hearted" view of what the intelligence services did rather than what he referred to as a "lah-di-dah airy-fairy" view.
From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2013
Brass hats . . . lah-di-dah old-school-tie incompetents, who are responsible for the fantastic position in Malaya, should be sacked immediately.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jack used to say there was too much of the lah-di-dah about him, and was down on him time and again.
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William
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