na-na na-na na-na
na-na na-na na-na is the alternative form of na-na na-na boo-boo.
Meaning of na-na na-na boo-boo
Phrase
na-na na-na boo-boo
- A taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes they has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune (that is to say, schadenfreude).
- ... is that the educators out there aren't aware of this, they don't know it or what?
Ms. Bolinger. It's like na na na na boo boo, make me do it.
[Laughter.] ...1992, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, Oversight on the status of special education in Iowa: hearing before the Subcommittee...
- ... is that the educators out there aren't aware of this, they don't know it or what?
Questions about na-na na-na na-na
- What is na-na na-na na-na the alternative form of?
- Na-na na-na na-na is the alternative form of na-na na-na boo-boo.
Words near na-na na-na na-na in the dictionary
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