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yada yada

ya·da ya·da [ ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də]

yada yada

noun

[ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də]

variants: or yadda yadda or yada yada yada or yadda yadda yadda \ ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də \

Definition of yada yada

: boring or empty talk
//listening to a lot of yada yada about the economy —often used interjectionally especially in recounting words regarded as too dull or predictable to be worth repeating

Recent Examples on the Web

//Payton, ambitious and tightly wound, has his character arc meticulously planned: Become student body president of his palatial private school in Santa Barbara, Calif., attend Harvard, yada yada yada, serve two terms in the White House.
— James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: Netflix’s ‘Politician’ Is a Chaos Candidate," 26 Sep. 2019
//Last: Empressentials: Must not have been published before, must rhyme flawlessly, yada yada yada . . .
— Washington Post, "Style Invitational Week 1345: The confaketionary — food fictoids," 15 Aug. 2019
//Up is down, down is up, hello is goodbye, yada yada yada?
— cleveland.com, "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s weird week: Blasted on ‘The View,’ gets invite from Sean Hannity," 12 July 2019
//Imaxtree Even though all feelings are valid, yada yada, a fear of mismatched shoes is highly irrational.
— Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, "Would You Try Mismatched Shoes? This Might Persuade You," 10 Jan. 2017
//Of course Trump was going to be an American wrecking ball, a bull in a China shop, further damaging the North American Alliance that had helped keep the peace for 69 years, Putin's poodle, yada yada yada.
— Fox News, "Meadows, Dershowitz react after Lisa Page defies subpoena," 12 July 2018
//However, Tabitha says nothing about the show or who's playing, and [yada yada yada plot points] the pair form the nucleus of their own band, one that's gunning to make a name for itself with new gal Julie front and center.
— Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, "TBT #38: Next Gen mirror mini wraps, new Judge Dredd drops and more in new comics," 30 May 2018

First Known Use of yada yada

1967, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for yada yada

alteration of earlier yatata idle chatter, probably ultimately from British dialect and argot yatter-yatter to chatter, of imitative origin

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