na-na na-na boo-boo

Meaning: (Canada,US,idiomatic,colloquial,childish,derogatory,taunt,oftenhumorous)Atauntorputdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression ofsatisfactionthat the listener has received some supposedly deserved minorpunishmentormisfortune(that is to say,schadenfreude).[c. mid 20th century?]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 on Disability Policy of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, examining the major issues facing students, parents, teachers, related ...‎[1], Alternate ISBN:→ISBN,→ISBN, page82:... is that the educators out there aren't aware of this, they don't know it or what?Ms. Bolinger. It's likena na na na boo boo, make me do it.[Laughter.] ...1998, Aeschylus, edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmar Bovie,Aeschylus, 2: The Persians. Seven against Thebes. The Suppliants. Prometheus bound‎[2], Alternate ISBN:→ISBN,→ISBN, page 5:[Translator's note by David R. Slavitt] ...here is to make clear that this is a display of Schadenfreude, an elegant cocking of the snooks, a protracted"Na-na, na-na, boo-boo,"a symphonic Bronx cheer!

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