yada, yada, yada...

Let's at least thank Seinfeld and his writers for expanding the English language.

Ungifting /Regifting Shrinkage Phone Face Off Yada, Yada, Yada Sponge Worthy Man Hands Bro / Mansier Festivus Man Fur Urban Sombrero Jimmy Legs / Jimmy Arms Master of My Domain

Add more!

Lou Blake wrote:

Lou, My next list is coming along. How about?

<li> "Giddy up!" <li> "Master of your domain" <li> "No soup for you!" <li> "Get out!" <li> "It's freakin' me out!" <li> "Not that there's anything wrong with that." <li> "That's a shame." <li> "It's go time!" <li> "It's not you, it's me." <li> "Let's get nuts!" <li> "I can't spare a square." <li> "(Substitute your name) is gettin' upset!" <li> "(Substitute your name) likes his/her chicken spicy!" <li> "My worlds are colliding!" <li> "These pretzels are makin' me thirsty." <li> "I choose not to run!" <li> "Sweet fancy Moses!" <li> "Oh Moses smell the roses!" <li> "This is just GRRREAT!" <li> "Shiksappeal" <li> "Yo yo Ma!" <li> "Hellllooooo!" <li> "My boys can swim!" <li> "My boys need a house!" <li> "Serenity now!" <li> "Put your sorries in a sack mister." <li> "Look to the cookie!" <li> "Hoochie Mama!" <li> "That's kooky talk!" <li> "I'll keep it in the vault." <li> "Anti-dentite" <li> "Anti-virgin" <li> "Close talker" <li> "High talker" <li> "Low talker" <li> "Festivus" <li> "Mulva" <li> "Man Hands" <li> "Can't stand ya!" (for Costanza) <li> "Kavorka" <li> "Re-gifter" <li> "The Drake" <li> "Gettin' jiggy with it." <li> "Sponge-worthy" <li> "Hipster Doofus" <li> "Yada yada yada" <li> "Sexual perjury" <li> "Shmoopie" <li> "My neck is one gargantuan monkey fist!" <li> "This dry air is curing me like a black forest ham!" <li> "It's the best! The best!" <li> "Gold Jerry gold!" <li> "Soup Nazi" <li> "Hard of smelling" <li> "Big Salad" <li> "Bizarro World" <li> "The Forbidden City" <li> "Jerry Seinsmelled" <li> "Jerry Jerry Dingle Berry" <li> "The Bro" <li> "The Manzierre" <li> "I'm not a lesbian! I hate men but I'm not a lesbian!" <li> "Sidler" <li> "Festivus for the restivus!" <li> "Stab-worthy"

How about

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And Da' Wings was robbed on Sunday - great skating!

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And how about "Thats gotta hurt"!

I've combined some of the list and have added

My little man's an idiot!!! These Pretzels are making me thirsty. Snapple?

Hi,

I am a foreigner and I really want to know the exact meaning of "yada yada yada" which I heard in one of Sienfeld's episodes.

Thanks,

Seyda

On Mon, 25 May 1998 13:06:29 -0500, Okan wrote:

Well, it has no real meaning. Its vocal points of ellipsis. It means "I want to skip over a lot of detail to get to the point of the story". Of course, like any verbal convention, it can be overused to the point where it is funny. And when Elaine says "I had salmon bisque, went home with him and yada-yada-yada never saw him again." it is funny because Jerry ASSUMES (male chauvinist that he is) that the sex was the best part and gets caught on the rebound when she says "No, I mentioned the bisque" (meaning the sex wasnt described because it was boring....it had to be if salmon bisque was the best part).

By the way....that bit was an example of Seinfeld comedy when it DID work.

As I recall in this episode, yada yada yada is used be several characters for the part of the story that they dont want to tell.

BTW, I never heard this before Seinfeld. Did it exist before the show? If so, is the meaning broader than the above?

i've been a fond user of yada yada (as well as blah blah) before the seinfeld episode existed, and i use it as an "etc" as opposed to an elipsis, but that's me.

btw, elaine had crab bisque, i believe. i've never heard of salmon bisque.

ann

On 25 May 1998 23:44:41 GMT, [email] (FansMarie) wrote:

I've had it in a place called Morton's Bistro.

I spend a lot of time in Manhattan, and Yada, yada, yada is a common expression in the real world. I believe it's Yiddish in origin.

Lou Blake SloGait wrote in message ...

On Mon, 25 May 1998 21:24:15 -0400, "Lou Blake" wrote:

First time I heard somebody say it I thought "He's saying 'And I won't bore you with the details' which is probably how they'd say it where I live. Or "Anyhow, bottom line is..."

Actually it was lobster......

That was a totally different show....you're talking Soup Nazi and I was answering a question about Yada Yada.......

IIRC:

Jerry--ordered the crab bisque George--ordered the medium turkey chili, but never got it because he bitched about not getting bread; on his next try he successfully ordered crab bisque Elaine--tried George's crab bisque and had to sit down; never successfully ordered anything of her own, and tried (unsuccessfully) to order Mullagatawny (sp?) for Kramer Kramer--mullagatawny Newman--jumbalaya ("Jum-buh-LYE-uh!!!")

That was from The Soup Nazi a totally different episode. In The Yada Yada, Elaine had "lobster bisque"

Actually, in one of the episodes of CHEERS, pre- "The Yada Yada" s/f episode, Frasier used the expression.

In article , [email] wrote:

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For centuries, I believe.

the term yada yada yada is much the same as saying blah blah blah, meaning that what you are saying is of no importance or is insignificant. However, the way yada yada yada was used in the Seinfeld episode, made it seem like George's girlfriend was trying to downplay the fact that she had a sexual encounter with her ex. Anyway, I hope this helps u to understand, yada yada yada and so on......

Okan wrote in article ...

the term yada yada yada is much the same as saying blah blah blah, meaning that what you are saying is of no importance or is insignificant. However, the way yada yada yada was used in the Seinfeld episode, made it seem like George's girlfriend was trying to downplay the fact that she had a sexual encounter with her ex. Any

Ok, so there's kind of an irony here? Yada yada really refers to insignificant details so what's so funny about it is that they are using it in many situations to camouflage something important under the guise of it being insignificant and therefore emitted.

Guess humor loses something in the articulation of it.

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That would be OMITTED, wouldn't it?

Right. Omitted! :)