la-dee-da

ADJECTIVE

la-di-da

Synonyms

WEAK

apish artificial assumed awkward campy chichi conceited contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked false feigned fraud gone Hollywood ham hammy highfalutin hollow imitated insincere mannered melodramatic ostentatious overdone pedantic phony playacting pompous precious pretended pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious shallow sham simulated spurious stiff stilted studied superficial theatrical unnatural

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la-dee-da

Open champion and all-around la-dee-da guy said, “I mean, the one guy that was leading for a little while, obviously playing well.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

Woodson coolly responded to a three-pointer with a ho-hum dunk from Matthew Urbach, and a la-dee-da three-ball the next trip down.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2017