la-la

Meanings

Adjective

• Of indifferent quality; so-so.

Verb

• To sing or recite the syllable la repeatedly.
• To sing (a song) with la replacing the song lyrics.

Noun

• Something unusually good; something unusually bad.
• A woman's genitals, especially the vagina; a sexually permissive woman.

Origin

• Sounds used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā, a common exclamation, Greek λαλαγε, German lallen. Compare also blah blah.
• Unknown. Compare la, an interjection used to introduce a statement or express emotion.