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na na na na na na

[ˌnænəˌnænəˈnæːˌnæː]

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

  1. (Canada, US, childish, colloquial, derogatory, humorous) 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...

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.
How do you pronounce na na na na na na?
Na na na na na na is pronounced [ˌnænəˌnænəˈnæːˌnæː].

Words near na na na na na na in the dictionary

  1. N95s
  2. N99
  3. N99s
  4. na
  5. na na na na boo boo
  6. na na na na na na
  7. na'theless
  8. na-adjective
  9. na-adjectives
  10. Na-Dene
  11. Na-Dené

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Adapted from Wiktionary: na na na na na na (page history and authors); na-na na-na boo-boo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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