Definitions
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- adjective UK, pejorative Of or from the
upper class of society. - interjection US not a care in the world (used in a sing-song voice, for childhood rhymes)
- interjection US Frequently heard in New Orleans, uttered by revelers in resorts of drink and music (used in a mildly pejorative sense, dismissing, for example, a man dressed in yellow bicycling Spandex with a silly walk, as Well, lah-di-dah. Also a term interjected when politicians waffle. Hmm. Sounds pretty lah-di-dah to me!)
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Examples
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We were supposed to have another bake sale for the CAFP today, to help reimburse the group of members who got to go to the annual lah-di-dah gala on February 2.
Archive 2009-02-01 Sarah 2009
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We were supposed to have another bake sale for the CAFP today, to help reimburse the group of members who got to go to the annual lah-di-dah gala on February 2.
Oooh-y, Goo-ey! Sarah 2009
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And those pictures you were going to post from your lah-di-dah "US Tour"?
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And those pictures you were going to post from your lah-di-dah "US Tour"?
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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And those pictures you were going to post from your lah-di-dah "US Tour"?
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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The second story was all abt Hattie Hatpin deliberately losing her lah-di-dah toff cutglass accent so she could fit in with her fellow comrades in the Liebour party.
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Well lah-di-dah, we actually don't think you are worth " a pitcher of warm spit" as John Wayne once said dave s
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Nonbinding this and that, deadline lah-di-dah, Bush/Cheney are going to ignore the mandate of the midterm elections and every pressure from Congress on Iraq, because Bush/Cheney know their opponents 'bark has no bite.
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And those pictures you were going to post from your lah-di-dah "US Tour"?
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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And those pictures you were going to post from your lah-di-dah "US Tour"?
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