Dada

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late 17th century: perhaps imitative of a young child's first syllables (see dad).


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dada (plural dadas)

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Dada

1920, from French dada "hobbyhorse," child's nonsense word, selected 1916 by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara (1896-1963), leader of the movement, for its resemblance to meaningless babble.


Freedom: DADA DADA DADA, the howl of clashing colors, the intertwining of all contradictions, grotesqueries, trivialities: LIFE. [T. Tzara, "Dada Manifesto," 1918]


Related: Dadaist; Dadaism.




dada (n.)

child's word for "father," 1680s; see dad.