yada yada

noun

ya·​da ya·​da ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də 

variants or yadda yadda or yada yada yada or yadda yadda yadda

ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də-ˈyä-də 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all that yada yada. —Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026

Photograph: Courtesy of SpaceX There’s been this hand-wave, this assumption, this yada yada at the core of our long-term space programs. —Noah Shachtman, Wired News, 9 Feb. 2026

Anatomy of a Pass Why Verstappen’s Imola move was magic Max Verstappen won on Sunday in Imola — his second win of the season, bringing him within 22 points of the championship lead yada yada yada. —Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 20 May 2025

Netflix’s The Night Agent topped Nielsen’s weekly U.S. ranking of streaming originals for a third straight week, yada yada yada…. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 6 Mar. 2025

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

Rhymes for yada yada

• arthropoda
• intifada
• theravada
• armada
• entrada
• espada
• hamada
• jornada
• kannada
• posada
• quebrada
• ramada