la-la land
noun/ˈlɑː lɑː lænd/
/ˈlɑː lɑː lænd/
[uncountable] (North American English, informal)- (British English cloud cuckoo land)(disapproving) if you say that somebody is living in la-la land, you mean that they do not understand what a situation is really like, but think it is much better than it is
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- Los Angeles or Hollywood, especially with regard to the film and television industry
Word Originla-la, reduplication of LA (i.e. Los Angeles).
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