la-di-da

ADJECTIVE
  1. affectedly genteel
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How To Use la-di-da In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • What, cough syrup and Lysol-in-a-cup not good enough for you fancypants, la-di-da aristocrats?
  • I've never seen a drug culture that was so la-di-da, so clean shaven!
  • I raised my eyebrows, but I may as well have whistled, or said, “Well, la-di-da.” The Bird House
  • 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.
  • 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 conger up images of la-di-da characters with long silk scarves flurrying about pointing out how atrocious or marvelous everything looks.
  • ‘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 wouldn't trust them in spite of all their la-di-da manners.
  • No one likes a la-di-da smartypants unless he's a Perrier Award nominee and his name is Chris Addison.
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