la-la landn.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːlɑː ˌland/, U.S.

/ˈlɑlɑ ˌlænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: la-la v., land n.¹

Etymology: In sense 2 and probably also in sense 1 < la-la v. (with reference to singing in a vague or carefree manner; compare also la int.) + land n.¹; in sense 1 punningly after LA n. at L n. Initialisms 1.Compare the following earlier isolated use with the sense ‘France’, apparently < la-la (in ooh-la-la int.) + land n.¹:1925 Los Angeles Times 11 Jan. vi. 12/1 (heading) Miniature motor cars developed by French engineers amaze American government... Commerce Department motor head home again; describes one-man taxis in ‘La-La Land’.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. With capital initial(s). Los Angeles, esp. considered as a centre of the film industry.Frequently with overtones of sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > American or Hollywood

filmland1913

movieland1914

Hollywood1922

Tinseltown1975

la-la land1979

1979 Washington Post 4 Feb. l1/4 Monday night in Lalaland is not like Monday night in, say, Washington.

1988 New Yorker 7 Nov. 145/1 This year's all-California series—an event happening, as some local headlines placed it with derisive intent, in ‘La-La Land’.

1991 J. Garreau Edge City viii. 283 The region's jobs, however, belie the image of Tinseltown or La-La land.

2006 Inked No. 2. 36/1 Growing up in Sonoma County, California, she headed to La La Land at 18 to pursue her dreams of being an actress.

2. A state of being out of touch with reality; a (notional) place characterized by blissful unawareness, self-absorption, fantasy, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun]

amusement1663

reverie1690

abstractedness1705

absence1709

preoccupation1788

absentness1790

abstraction1791

absent-mindedness1845

misadvertence1870

not-thereness1902

la-la land1979

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place

fairyc1330

rumbelow?1515

Hogs Norton?1565

fairyland1600

wonderland1790

other world1804

dreamland1832

Fourth World1833

cloudland1846

Loamshire1859

looking-glass land1871

looking-glass world1871

under-land1874

cloud-world1884

Speewah1890

Ruritania1894

cloud-cuckoo-land1899

cuckoo-land1916

fantasy world1920

Squaresville1956

la-la land1979

1979 Los Angeles Times 28 July ii. 3/4 Heather was in la-la land after..drinking the LSD-spiked iced tea intended for Diana.

1995 N. T. Rosenberg Calif. Angel i. 17 And pointing an assault rifle at someone isn't negative? Give me a break, Toy. You live in la-la land. This is a war zone here.

2000 M. Beaumont e 55 Next week I start as a PA in the creative department... Anyway, it's fucking la-la land here... How's Salford since I left?

2004 Village Voice (N.Y.) 13 Oct. 124/1 Several of the most hyped new shows..dwell in la-la land full time, practically courting preposterousness with every deliciously cartoony scene.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	la-la land
释义	la-la landn. Brit. /ˈlɑːlɑː ˌland/, U.S. /ˈlɑlɑ ˌlænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: la-la v., land n.¹ Etymology: In sense 2 and probably also in sense 1 < la-la v. (with reference to singing in a vague or carefree manner; compare also la int.) + land n.¹; in sense 1 punningly after LA n. at L n. Initialisms 1.Compare the following earlier isolated use with the sense ‘France’, apparently < la-la (in ooh-la-la int.) + land n.¹:1925 Los Angeles Times 11 Jan. vi. 12/1 (heading) Miniature motor cars developed by French engineers amaze American government... Commerce Department motor head home again; describes one-man taxis in ‘La-La Land’. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. With capital initial(s). Los Angeles, esp. considered as a centre of the film industry.Frequently with overtones of sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > American or Hollywood filmland1913 movieland1914 Hollywood1922 Tinseltown1975 la-la land1979 1979 Washington Post 4 Feb. l1/4 Monday night in Lalaland is not like Monday night in, say, Washington. 1988 New Yorker 7 Nov. 145/1 This year's all-California series—an event happening, as some local headlines placed it with derisive intent, in ‘La-La Land’. 1991 J. Garreau Edge City viii. 283 The region's jobs, however, belie the image of Tinseltown or La-La land. 2006 Inked No. 2. 36/1 Growing up in Sonoma County, California, she headed to La La Land at 18 to pursue her dreams of being an actress. 2. A state of being out of touch with reality; a (notional) place characterized by blissful unawareness, self-absorption, fantasy, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] amusement1663 reverie1690 abstractedness1705 absence1709 preoccupation1788 absentness1790 abstraction1791 absent-mindedness1845 misadvertence1870 not-thereness1902 la-la land1979 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place fairyc1330 rumbelow?1515 Hogs Norton?1565 fairyland1600 wonderland1790 other world1804 dreamland1832 Fourth World1833 cloudland1846 Loamshire1859 looking-glass land1871 looking-glass world1871 under-land1874 cloud-world1884 Speewah1890 Ruritania1894 cloud-cuckoo-land1899 cuckoo-land1916 fantasy world1920 Squaresville1956 la-la land1979 1979 Los Angeles Times 28 July ii. 3/4 Heather was in la-la land after..drinking the LSD-spiked iced tea intended for Diana. 1995 N. T. Rosenberg Calif. Angel i. 17 And pointing an assault rifle at someone isn't negative? Give me a break, Toy. You live in la-la land. This is a war zone here. 2000 M. Beaumont e 55 Next week I start as a PA in the creative department... Anyway, it's fucking la-la land here... How's Salford since I left? 2004 Village Voice (N.Y.) 13 Oct. 124/1 Several of the most hyped new shows..dwell in la-la land full time, practically courting preposterousness with every deliciously cartoony scene. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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