lah-de-dah

variants or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah

less common spellings of la-di-da

informal
: affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes
… they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers.Samuel Eliot Morison
Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da, it totally freaked her out.Sue Grafton

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“Lah-de-dah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lah-de-dah. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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