dada
dada (dä′dä′, -də)
noun
a movement (1916-22) in painting, sculpture, and literature characterized by fantastic, abstract, or incongruous creations, by rejection of all accepted conventions, and by nihilistic satire
Etymology: Fr, lit., hobbyhorse (< baby talk, altered < ? dia dia, giddap), selected by Tristan Tzara, leader of the cult, because of its resemblance to meaningless babble, as symbolic of the movement
Noun used with modifier
Dada began not as an art form but as a disgust.
Liberte¤ :, hurlement de couleurs crispe¤ es, entrelacements des contraires et de toutes les contradictions, des grotesques, des inconse¤ quences:. Freedom:, a howl of unnerving colours, intertwinings of contrarities and contradictions, of the grotesque, of inconsistencies:.
Dada ne signifie rien. Dada means nothing.
The mama of dada.
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