zip-a-dee-doo-dah
intjEtymology
From a song in the Disney movie Song of the South, from “O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day”, chorus to an old minstrel song “Zip Coon” popularized by George Washington Dixon
Definitions
An exclamation of happiness.
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, / My oh my, what a wonderful day / Plenty of sunshine headin' my way / Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! What a treat this movie was for kids and adults alike.
Characteristic of such a feeling.
- It happened on one o' dem zip-a-dee-doo-dah days. Now that's the kind of day when you can't open your mouth without a song jump right out of it.
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah! Only one place in the world can give you that Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah feeling day after wonderful day.
- Repeat after me: If you're having a zip-a-dee-doo-dah day, I don't want any part of it.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA