Noun 1. etcetera - a Latin expression of και έτερα Greek; of additional objects; more of the same; miscellaneous Adv. 1. etcetera - transliteration continuing in the same way
We require more animals like ducks, goats, lambs, quaille, rabbits, snakes, zebras, yada, yada, yada, yada.
1) what a person might say, mid-sentence, to shorten a story to get to the point of a discussion 2) what a person might say to hide any incriminating activities that they may have been involved in
It exactly sounds to me the words Japanese small children use resisting to some suggestion their parents give, acting like a baby.
Originally, it is Iyada(dislike) but colloquially it souds like yada.
A child has a special choice to get at a shop but his or her mother recommends something else for some reasons with which they try to persuade hard. The child says,” yada, yada, yada, I prefer to my choice”.
The temporary after-effects of a tragedy big enough to attract public attention, whereby politicians talk on and on (and on and on...) about how people need to be more civil and respectful of each other, when everyone knows the new mindset is a temporary one.
Can also be used to describe what happens after a business aquisition when the CEO of the expanded company addresses the employees of the acquired firm and says 'we're all one big family', just before the layoff notices are sent.
Person 1: I think that due to (fill intragedy here) people are going to think before they do or say something hurtful when they disagree.
