You are too la-di-dah for words!
I used to enjoy reading Enid Blyton’s books when I was very young and one of my favourite series was Malory Towers. Her book recounts the various events that took place in Malory Towers with particular focus on a particular class of girls. Darrell Rivers is the protagonist of this Malory Towers series and all that happens in Malory Towers is viewed from her perspective. I ‘m not going to talk more about what the story is about because this is not relevant. So anyway,
in one scenario, Darrell (head-girl of her form) told her sister off for being ill-mannered and her sister Felicity replied “ You’re too la-di-dahLa-di-dah (Oxford advanced learner’s Dictionary)
(adj) Informal ,especially BrE-used to describe a way of speaking or behaving that is typical of upper-class people but that is not natural or sincere.
Exclamation: used when somebody is irritating you, because they seem to think they are more important then they really are.
Knowing that this word is used only specifically in the British context, it makes me wonder whether this word is obsolete in today’s British context since this word is rarely heard nor used in conversations be it on British TV serials, BBC movies and conversations amongst the British themselves.
What are your thoughts?