lah-di-dah

See also: la-di-da and lah-de-dah

English

Alternative forms

• la-di-da
• lah-de-dah
• la-de-da

Adjective

lah-di-dah (comparative more lah-di-dah, superlative most lah-di-dah)

1. (British, derogatory) Of or from the upper class of society.
2. (British, derogatory) Affecting upper-class or superior airs; pretentious.

   She was all la-di-da, with her nose in the air, and we were all struggling not to laugh because that would be gauche.

Usage notes

The adjective usage is not common in the US.

Translations

having pretension or haughtiness

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• Hungarian: affektáló (hu), finomkodó (hu), modoros (hu)

Synonyms

• snooty

Interjection

lah-di-dah

1. Expression of disdain for pretension or haughtiness.

   "Well la-di-da, aren't you the impressive personage, with a feather in your hair yet."

2. (US) not a care in the world (used in a sing-song voice, for childhood rhymes)
3. (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!)