zip-a-dee-doo-dahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

間投詞

zip-a-dee-doo-dah

1. An exclamation of happiness.
   • 1946, Ray Gilbert (lyrics), Allie Wrubel (music), “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”:

     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

   • 1990 March, Sackett, Susan, The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits, New York: Billboard Books, →ISBN, LCCN 89048076, OL 2219419M, page 60:

     Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! What a treat this movie was for kids and adults alike.

   • 2000, Hightower, Jim, If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, OL 50715M:

     If the newspapers and broadcasts are blaring “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-a/My, oh my, what a wonderful day” over and over, there’s a tendency to go down the road humming that tune, too, because you can’t get it out of your head. Are business conditions good? Zip-a-dee-doo-dah!

   • 2004 March 17, Watt, Donley, Dancing With Lyndon, Fort Worth: TCU Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2003007033, OL 25418305M, page 135:

     "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," Kate said. "This is better." She held her half-empty glass up.

使用する際の注意点

• Due to the saccharine, commercial nature of its usage by Disney, this is often used sarcastically or ironically.

形容詞

zip-a-dee-doo-dah

1. Characteristic of such a feeling.
   • 1946, James Baskett as Uncle Remus, Song of the South (Film):

     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.

   • 1987, “(advertisement)”, in National Geographic, volume 172, page 280:

     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.

   • 2006 November 1, Sherman, B. Elwin, Caught in the Shower Without a Pencil -- Baby Boomer Humor, And Other Maturity Problems, Lulu, →ISBN, OL 8544004M, page 36:

     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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