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: a euphoric, dreamlike mental state detached from the harsher realities of life
When you spend time around [him] you are struck by someone who isn't living in la-la land and isn't a pushover.—
Todd Balf
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La-La Land
—used as a nickname for Los Angeles, California
Like most devoted New Yorkers who find themselves in La-La Land, the author goes through at least half of the five stages of grief.—Alexandra Jacobs
Alexandra JacobsExamples of la-la land in a Sentence
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View 3 Images One of the best things about sleeping on a train is the gentle rocking motion that lulls you off to la-la land.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
Woodstock With its flawless brick-front shops and whitewashed historic homes, Woodstock is la-la land Vermont.
—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
As with any sci-fi technology, opportunists are spinning them out into la-la land; not quite mainstream or even there yet today, but truly necessary, some say, to a fantasy future anyone has yet to pin down.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 12 Nov. 2021
Judging from a few recent news stories, slices of the not-for-profit art world in New York seem stuck in la-la land.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Apr. 2020
Many of the investors were Hoosiers in Hollywood, midlife businessmen from boring industries in the Corn Belt heeding la-la land’s age-old siren call.
—Benjamin Wallace, HWD, 1 May 2017
Stop beating yourself up for drifting off to la-la land.
—Tori Rodriguez, Woman's Day, 3 Aug. 2016
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
Woodstock With its flawless brick-front shops and whitewashed historic homes, Woodstock is la-la land Vermont.
—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
As with any sci-fi technology, opportunists are spinning them out into la-la land; not quite mainstream or even there yet today, but truly necessary, some say, to a fantasy future anyone has yet to pin down.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 12 Nov. 2021
Judging from a few recent news stories, slices of the not-for-profit art world in New York seem stuck in la-la land.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Apr. 2020
Many of the investors were Hoosiers in Hollywood, midlife businessmen from boring industries in the Corn Belt heeding la-la land’s age-old siren call.
—Benjamin Wallace, HWD, 1 May 2017
Stop beating yourself up for drifting off to la-la land.
—Tori Rodriguez, Woman's Day, 3 Aug. 2016
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“La-la land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/la-la%20land. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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