yada yada

noun

ya·​da ya·​da ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də How to pronounce yada yada (audio)
variants or yadda yadda or yada yada yada or yadda yadda yadda
: 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.
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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 See all Example Sentences for yada yada 

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of yada yada was in 1967

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“Yada yada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yada%20yada. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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