yada yada

noun

ya·​da ya·​da ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də 

variants or yadda yadda or yada yada yada or yadda yadda yadda

ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də 

: 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

Examples of yada yada in a Sentence

They had to listen to the usual yada yada about bike safety.

Recent Examples on the Web

The show started off with a minuscule six-episode order at NBC (not exactly a vote of confidence) and yada yada yada ended in 1998 with 76 million people tuning into the series finale. —Anna Tingley, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024

And then the revival of American Buffalo, that's now a standard contemporary American classic and studied that in drama school and yada yada yada. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 June 2024

Still probably going to be a long series yada yada. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024

That is so much material to learn and perform, let alone all the other self-tape work, record the performance and upload it and send it to you and yada yada. —Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above