fal la


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Noun1.fal la - meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong
fa la
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
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"Away with melancholy, Nor doleful changes ring On life and human folly, But merrily merrily sing Fal la!"
Don't let us sing Fal la, my dear Mortimer (which is comparatively unmeaning), but let us sing that we give up guessing the riddle altogether.'
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