yadda
Skipping the details
Yadda is a filler word indicating omitted or tedious details, almost always tripled: yadda yadda yadda.
It dismisses something as predictable or not worth repeating: He gave me the usual excuses—yadda yadda yadda.
The word gained wide currency from a 1997 Seinfeld episode but existed in Yiddish-influenced American speech before that.
Dull, uninteresting filler
- etceteraIndicating additional items
- whateverExpression of apathy
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- thingsObjects in general
details · rambling · droning · prattle · chatter · babble · waffle · gibberish
To deliberately exclude
- hand-waveDismissive explanation dodge
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- abbreviateReduce word length
summarize · truncate · omit · bypass · ignore · skim · fast-forward · whatever
blah
Dull, uninteresting filler
things · details · rambling · droning · prattle · chatter · babble · waffle · gibberish · nonsense
skip
To deliberately exclude
- hand-waveDismissive explanation dodge
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
abbreviate · summarize · truncate · omit · bypass · ignore · skim · fast-forward · whatever · anyway
catchphrase
Signature line of words
Elaine · nineties · NBC · television · quotable · punchline · episode · pop-culture · memorable · iconic
- placeholdersplaceholder, bar, blank, dummy, filler
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- filler wordsum, uh, er, hmm, ah
yaddathe whole story
Complete version of events
in full · verbatim · word for word · blow by blow · chapter and verse
yaddameticulousness
Extreme carefulness in details
thoroughness · precision · exactitude · scrupulousness · attentiveness
- yadda yadda yaddaVerbal fast-forward gesture
- yada yadaVerbal placeholder for tedium
- yada yada yadaPlaceholder for tedious details