Definition of la-di-da in English:

la-di-da

(also lah-di-dah)

adjectiveˌlɑːdɪˈdɑːˌlɑ di ˈdɑ

informal

Pretentious or snobbish in manner or speech.
do I really sound like a la-di-da society lawyer?
Example sentencesExamples
- The skivvies from the Cabinet Office come in, all lah-di-dah and arm's length. ‘How many of you ponces voted New Labour yesterday?’
- Even though St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys and Flatliners and Falling Down and The Client had all been successful - and I know I'm saying that in a very la-di-da, cavalier sort of way - they didn't cost money.
- The other presentation is on Saturday, March 9, at 3: 30 p.m. It's hosted by École Polytechnique's Sylvain Martel (who's all la-di-da now that he's in with those cool kids at MIT), and it concerns nanobots.
- I was everything he didn't like - a woman, with a la-di-da accent, who came from the south, who'd been Oxbridge-educated, and hired on the milk round.
- The entire book is announced by her as an attack upon her own image as ‘Miss Chastity Belt’, ‘America's la-di-da happy virgin’.
- They think they're way too expensive and la-di-da for a kid to have.
- When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks.
- I did see something when I was researching my book at the Warner Brothers - at the archives, and the Marine Corps was really thrilled about its portrayal, because Hollywood had a tendency to get la-di-da and all that nonsense.
- After a few more attempts at conversation, he got angry and started muttering ‘Posh Whalley Range lady… la-di-da Moss Side lady’.
- What, cough syrup and Lysol-in-a-cup not good enough for you fancypants, la-di-da aristocrats?
- He is at once hugely affable and yet faintly sulky, the dogged, world-weary NCO in some ancient sitcom, say, wearily humouring the la-di-da adjutant in the knowledge that everything will soon go badly wrong.
- I've never seen a drug culture that was so la-di-da, so clean shaven!
- Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence.
- I know who my money would have been on, and it wouldn't have been a baby-faced smoothie with no track record and a silver spoon in his lah-di-dah gob.
- ‘Film stock is so precious in these times’, the critic complained, ‘yet Hiroshi Shimizu still comes up with such la-di-da stuff.’
- Does it ever make you cry to think of us labouring away for so little reward, while you shamelessly enjoy the fruits of our work, sitting in your comfy chair, with your la-di-da central heating and your bottomless bag of Tostitos?
- ‘Dance Base itself is full of classes and la-di-da stuff, but we can't platform professional work, therefore I thought we should collaborate,’ says Deyes.
- No one likes a la-di-da smartypants unless he's a Perrier Award nominee and his name is Chris Addison.
- The la-di-da world of haute cuisine becomes rapidly less genteel during truffle season, a period marked by the hysterical hunting, trading, smuggling and devouring of this elusive subterranean fungal delicacy.
Synonyms
affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy
snobbish, refined, over-refined, pretentious, affected, mannered, pompous, conceited, superior, haughty, precious

Origin

Late 19th century: imitative of an affected manner of speech.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah

Definition of la-di-da in US English:

la-di-da

(also lah-di-dah, la-de-da)

adjectiveˌlä dē ˈdäˌlɑ di ˈdɑ

informal

Pretentious or snobbish in manner or speech.
do I really look or sound like a la-di-da society lawyer?
Example sentencesExamples
- The la-di-da world of haute cuisine becomes rapidly less genteel during truffle season, a period marked by the hysterical hunting, trading, smuggling and devouring of this elusive subterranean fungal delicacy.
- After a few more attempts at conversation, he got angry and started muttering ‘Posh Whalley Range lady… la-di-da Moss Side lady’.
- What, cough syrup and Lysol-in-a-cup not good enough for you fancypants, la-di-da aristocrats?
- The entire book is announced by her as an attack upon her own image as ‘Miss Chastity Belt’, ‘America's la-di-da happy virgin’.
- ‘Film stock is so precious in these times’, the critic complained, ‘yet Hiroshi Shimizu still comes up with such la-di-da stuff.’
- Even though St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys and Flatliners and Falling Down and The Client had all been successful - and I know I'm saying that in a very la-di-da, cavalier sort of way - they didn't cost money.
- The other presentation is on Saturday, March 9, at 3: 30 p.m. It's hosted by École Polytechnique's Sylvain Martel (who's all la-di-da now that he's in with those cool kids at MIT), and it concerns nanobots.
- No one likes a la-di-da smartypants unless he's a Perrier Award nominee and his name is Chris Addison.
- Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence.
- I know who my money would have been on, and it wouldn't have been a baby-faced smoothie with no track record and a silver spoon in his lah-di-dah gob.
- The skivvies from the Cabinet Office come in, all lah-di-dah and arm's length. ‘How many of you ponces voted New Labour yesterday?’
- I did see something when I was researching my book at the Warner Brothers - at the archives, and the Marine Corps was really thrilled about its portrayal, because Hollywood had a tendency to get la-di-da and all that nonsense.
- ‘Dance Base itself is full of classes and la-di-da stuff, but we can't platform professional work, therefore I thought we should collaborate,’ says Deyes.
- I've never seen a drug culture that was so la-di-da, so clean shaven!
- I was everything he didn't like - a woman, with a la-di-da accent, who came from the south, who'd been Oxbridge-educated, and hired on the milk round.
- They think they're way too expensive and la-di-da for a kid to have.
- Does it ever make you cry to think of us labouring away for so little reward, while you shamelessly enjoy the fruits of our work, sitting in your comfy chair, with your la-di-da central heating and your bottomless bag of Tostitos?
- When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks.
- He is at once hugely affable and yet faintly sulky, the dogged, world-weary NCO in some ancient sitcom, say, wearily humouring the la-di-da adjutant in the knowledge that everything will soon go badly wrong.
Synonyms
affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy
snobbish, refined, over-refined, pretentious, affected, mannered, pompous, conceited, superior, haughty, precious

Origin

Late 19th century: imitative of an affected manner of speech.

单词	la-di-da
释义	Definition of la-di-da in English: la-di-da (also lah-di-dah) adjectiveˌlɑːdɪˈdɑːˌlɑ di ˈdɑ informal Pretentious or snobbish in manner or speech. do I really sound like a la-di-da society lawyer? Example sentencesExamples The skivvies from the Cabinet Office come in, all lah-di-dah and arm's length. ‘How many of you ponces voted New Labour yesterday?’ Even though St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys and Flatliners and Falling Down and The Client had all been successful - and I know I'm saying that in a very la-di-da, cavalier sort of way - they didn't cost money. The other presentation is on Saturday, March 9, at 3: 30 p.m. It's hosted by École Polytechnique's Sylvain Martel (who's all la-di-da now that he's in with those cool kids at MIT), and it concerns nanobots. I was everything he didn't like - a woman, with a la-di-da accent, who came from the south, who'd been Oxbridge-educated, and hired on the milk round. The entire book is announced by her as an attack upon her own image as ‘Miss Chastity Belt’, ‘America's la-di-da happy virgin’. They think they're way too expensive and la-di-da for a kid to have. When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks. I did see something when I was researching my book at the Warner Brothers - at the archives, and the Marine Corps was really thrilled about its portrayal, because Hollywood had a tendency to get la-di-da and all that nonsense. After a few more attempts at conversation, he got angry and started muttering ‘Posh Whalley Range lady… la-di-da Moss Side lady’. What, cough syrup and Lysol-in-a-cup not good enough for you fancypants, la-di-da aristocrats? He is at once hugely affable and yet faintly sulky, the dogged, world-weary NCO in some ancient sitcom, say, wearily humouring the la-di-da adjutant in the knowledge that everything will soon go badly wrong. I've never seen a drug culture that was so la-di-da, so clean shaven! Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence. I know who my money would have been on, and it wouldn't have been a baby-faced smoothie with no track record and a silver spoon in his lah-di-dah gob. ‘Film stock is so precious in these times’, the critic complained, ‘yet Hiroshi Shimizu still comes up with such la-di-da stuff.’ Does it ever make you cry to think of us labouring away for so little reward, while you shamelessly enjoy the fruits of our work, sitting in your comfy chair, with your la-di-da central heating and your bottomless bag of Tostitos? ‘Dance Base itself is full of classes and la-di-da stuff, but we can't platform professional work, therefore I thought we should collaborate,’ says Deyes. No one likes a la-di-da smartypants unless he's a Perrier Award nominee and his name is Chris Addison. The la-di-da world of haute cuisine becomes rapidly less genteel during truffle season, a period marked by the hysterical hunting, trading, smuggling and devouring of this elusive subterranean fungal delicacy. Synonyms affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy snobbish, refined, over-refined, pretentious, affected, mannered, pompous, conceited, superior, haughty, precious Origin Late 19th century: imitative of an affected manner of speech. Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of la-di-da in US English: la-di-da (also lah-di-dah, la-de-da) adjectiveˌlä dē ˈdäˌlɑ di ˈdɑ informal Pretentious or snobbish in manner or speech. do I really look or sound like a la-di-da society lawyer? Example sentencesExamples The la-di-da world of haute cuisine becomes rapidly less genteel during truffle season, a period marked by the hysterical hunting, trading, smuggling and devouring of this elusive subterranean fungal delicacy. After a few more attempts at conversation, he got angry and started muttering ‘Posh Whalley Range lady… la-di-da Moss Side lady’. What, cough syrup and Lysol-in-a-cup not good enough for you fancypants, la-di-da aristocrats? The entire book is announced by her as an attack upon her own image as ‘Miss Chastity Belt’, ‘America's la-di-da happy virgin’. ‘Film stock is so precious in these times’, the critic complained, ‘yet Hiroshi Shimizu still comes up with such la-di-da stuff.’ Even though St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys and Flatliners and Falling Down and The Client had all been successful - and I know I'm saying that in a very la-di-da, cavalier sort of way - they didn't cost money. The other presentation is on Saturday, March 9, at 3: 30 p.m. It's hosted by École Polytechnique's Sylvain Martel (who's all la-di-da now that he's in with those cool kids at MIT), and it concerns nanobots. No one likes a la-di-da smartypants unless he's a Perrier Award nominee and his name is Chris Addison. Here, Keaton's la-di-da flibbertigibbet dissolved all of her neurotic mannerisms and simply stood still, gently and lovingly warbling what became the film's essence. I know who my money would have been on, and it wouldn't have been a baby-faced smoothie with no track record and a silver spoon in his lah-di-dah gob. The skivvies from the Cabinet Office come in, all lah-di-dah and arm's length. ‘How many of you ponces voted New Labour yesterday?’ I did see something when I was researching my book at the Warner Brothers - at the archives, and the Marine Corps was really thrilled about its portrayal, because Hollywood had a tendency to get la-di-da and all that nonsense. ‘Dance Base itself is full of classes and la-di-da stuff, but we can't platform professional work, therefore I thought we should collaborate,’ says Deyes. I've never seen a drug culture that was so la-di-da, so clean shaven! I was everything he didn't like - a woman, with a la-di-da accent, who came from the south, who'd been Oxbridge-educated, and hired on the milk round. They think they're way too expensive and la-di-da for a kid to have. Does it ever make you cry to think of us labouring away for so little reward, while you shamelessly enjoy the fruits of our work, sitting in your comfy chair, with your la-di-da central heating and your bottomless bag of Tostitos? When you say design, some folks conjure up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks. He is at once hugely affable and yet faintly sulky, the dogged, world-weary NCO in some ancient sitcom, say, wearily humouring the la-di-da adjutant in the knowledge that everything will soon go badly wrong. Synonyms affected, ostentatious, chichi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, kitschy snobbish, refined, over-refined, pretentious, affected, mannered, pompous, conceited, superior, haughty, precious Origin Late 19th century: imitative of an affected manner of speech.
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