A fork of Rural Dictionary
Noun 1. etcetera - a Latin expression of και έτερα Greek; of additional objects; more of the same; miscellaneous Adv. 1. etcetera - transliteration continuing in the same way
We require more animals like ducks, goats, lambs, quaille, rabbits, snakes, zebras, yada, yada, yada, yada.
Conversation glosser-over, similar to blah, blah, blah
Yeah. I met this lawyer, we went out to dinner, I had the lobster bisque, we went back to my place, yada yada yada, I never heard from him again.
And so on and so forth. etc...
We played ball, swam in the river, shelled oysters, yada yada yada, and then went home.
1) what a person might say, mid-sentence, to shorten a story to get to the point of a discussion 2) what a person might say to hide any incriminating activities that they may have been involved in
(ex. Yada, Yada, Sex with someone else or Yada, Yada, Shoplifting)
It exactly sounds to me the words Japanese small children use resisting to some suggestion their parents give, acting like a baby. Originally, it is Iyada(dislike) but colloquially it souds like yada.
A child has a special choice to get at a shop but his or her mother recommends something else for some reasons with which they try to persuade hard. The child says,” yada, yada, yada, I prefer to my choice”.
Generic term for the blather that comes out of politicians mouths, particularly after telling a porkie.
Mitt Romney: I care about 100% of Americans, yada yada yada.