Yada

Yada is a term used to skip over details in a story, usually because they're unimportant, obvious, or just not worth repeating. It's similar to saying "blah blah blah" or "and so on," often to move a conversation along without getting bogged down in specifics. For example, if someone says, "We went to dinner, yada yada, now we're engaged!" they're leaving out the finer details but getting straight to the point.

Origin of yada

The phrase's origins are believed to have roots in Yiddish or Hebrew, where the Hebrew verb "yada" means "to know." This connection suggests that "yada yada" could have initially implied something like "you know the rest" or "you get the idea."

Yada became especially popular thanks to a 1997 episode of Seinfeld titled "The Yada Yada," where it was famously used to gloss over key parts of a story. Now, people often use it in a playful, sarcastic, or dismissive way, depending on the context, whether they're summarizing a long-winded explanation or skipping over a boring part of a conversation.