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zip-a-dee-doo-dah

adj · intj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of such a feeling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

intj

Meaning 2

An exclamation of happiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

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