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yada_yada_yada

yada yada yada

English

Alternative forms

Phrase

yada yada yada (or yada, yada, yada)

  1. And so on; and so forth.
  2. (less commonly): blah blah blah.

Usage notes

Normally used mid-sentence.

They’re no good, the lot of them—Yaddeyahdah—They're animals! —Lenny Bruce

Synonyms

Quotations

  • 1981, The Washington Post, January 5th, 1981, page B1:
    I’m talking country codes, asbestos firewalls, yada yada yada.

Translations

References

  1. OED
  2. yada yada yada” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
  3. On this date, Seinfeld made “Yada Yada Yada” a catchphrase (but didn’t coin it), This Day in Quotes, April 24, 2010