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- noun childish
father ,dad
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In Duchamp's day the "art world" was tiny and the initiates were ready for a breakthrough-for new ideas and new media, for "dada" - and the big money wasn't there.
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The so called dada and dons have formally started their business and actively involved in organized crimes and anticrime activities too.
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She loves to say dada, which is completely adorable - just not at 2am in the morning!
The Red Deer thereddeer 2009
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She loves to say dada, which is completely adorable - just not at 2am in the morning!
Archive 2009-07-01 thereddeer 2009
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He created sleeves for Nick Lowe, the Damned, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and more — many of which cleverly subverted art movements such as dada and constructivism.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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So it's a weird, nonsensical cartoon, the kind of dada-ist, surreal stuff that abounded in the mid-'90s before networks realized that advertisers didn't want to buy time on "kids" shows that weren't actually comprehensible to kids.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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So it's a weird, nonsensical cartoon, the kind of dada-ist, surreal stuff that abounded in the mid-'90s before networks realized that advertisers didn't want to buy time on "kids" shows that weren't actually comprehensible to kids.
Your Casual Indifference Won't Save You Now Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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He says "dada" now as well as "mama" he is walking all the time now (still falls a lot though too) He climbs on everything (my desk, the kitchen table, the high chair) so I have to watch him like a hawk.
mamarobbi Diary Entry mamarobbi 2004
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C. TREDWAY: And the last videoconference, she actually ran to the screen, saying, "dada," waving.
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He is a lad of twenty-three with a young wife and a little three-year-old girl, who has learned to talk since "dada" saw her, and is her father right over -- full of fun, good-humor, and laughter.
On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes Mildred Aldrich 1890
uselessness commented on the word dada
This is not a comment.
March 10, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word dada
ceci n'est pas une comment?
March 10, 2007
uselessness commented on the word dada
French is for art snobs. ;-)
March 10, 2007
sionnach commented on the word dada
French baby talk: horsie
December 20, 2007
darqueau commented on the word dada
this is not a comment on not a comment
January 20, 2008
sensible.lemming commented on the word dada
Like kafka, but for babies.
October 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word dada
Defence Against the Dark Arts (Harry Potter).
October 16, 2008