lah-di-dah

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lah-di-dah

(ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː)

adj, n

informal a variant spelling of la-di-da

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"We take one of the Range Rovers, and plan our route, and stay in hotels along the way, nothing lah-di-dah," he once said.

Who was Keith Flint's wife Mayumi Kai? Japanese DJ who Prodigy star 'had split from'; The Prodigy frontman and his wife are believed to have been in the process of separating before his suicide

I wondered if she was going to be too posh, too lah-di-dah. "But she's charming, just lovely.

Kristina went off with Joe, who had a girlfriend, then Ben, who is married. I don't like it but it's not for me to impose my standards; LEN HITS OUT strictly head judge is upset by affairs He thinks he's a fuddy-duddy but the dance show supremo won't hide his traditional views

I wondered if she was going to be a bit of a prima ballerina, too posh, too lah-di-dah.

Kristina went off with Joe, who had a girlfriend, then Ben, who is married. I don't like it but it's not for me to impose my standards; STRICTLY LEN on affairs, judges and darcey; EXCLUSIVE

Now before you think I've gone all lah-di-dah on you (please remember a trip to Rothesay on the Waverley is still my favourite day out EVER), we won it in a charity raffle.

Cat HarveyON HOW VISIT TO POSH RESTAURANT HIGH UP IN LONDON'S SHARD WAS FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"So pointing at British sh isn't good enough for Mr lah-di-dah Cameron," she scowled while shaking the newspaper.

Cornwall clutches at tourism / / / since the bottom fell out of / / / / / tin, spilling millions of beans; MIKE LOCKLEY THREE TIMES HE'S BEEN VOTED MIDLANDS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR MIKE LOCKLEY THREE TIMES HE'S BEEN VOTED MIDLANDS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

EREN'T you all so very kind inresponding to my appeal for WWideas on what to talk about at this week's school prizegiving?ere was me thinking I was all lah-di-dah being asked to be the (cue drumroll) guest speaker, and there you all were coming up with sensible things to say after my confession that I was actually a bit stumped.

THE FIRST WORD; FRONTLINES

(33) In the song "Lah-di-dah", for example, popularised in drag by the music-hall celebrity Jenny Hill, a poor clerk played the swell in a penny corsage, a penny toothpick, and a pair of shiny paper shoes:

Leary kin: Australian larrikins and the blackface minstrel dandy

Despite her background and an accent which is a million miles from Oxbridge lah-di-dah, she shone.

Axe falls on Val's football star

Just tune in to commercial radio stations such as Champion FM, Coast FM, Radio Maldwyn (or should that be Mole-dwyn?), MFM, Classic Gold Marcher or Radio Ceredigion - although they're not as bad as the others - and you'll be bombarded with announcements in lah-di-dah English.

Real Welsh accents on telly are much rarer than morals in brothels; Pass the cucumber sandwiches... we're swamped in English

As Tony Blair threatens a clampdown on drunken yobs, these lah-di-dah louts indulge in behaviour that would get them arrested on a city street on a Saturday night and horrify parents who fork out thousands on their education.

ARISTOBRAT BEACH; Underage sex in the sand, kids as young as 12 comatose on vodka, children out of their heads on drugs... welcome to the peaceful Cornish cove that's been invaded by rich public schooligans

Three couples are gathered to celebrate their silver weddings and the menfolk have summoned the recently-appointed "lah-di-dah" organist for a severe reprimand.

Bride and prejudice

In fact, following his shock dismissal 24 hours before, now the ex-Gunner Graham won't have anything to lah-di-dah about at all.