concept
Tararaboombia
tararaboombia
also: тарарабумбия, tararabumbiya
A nonsense refrain from a popular period music-hall song, deliberately meaningless; Little Volodya sings and repeats it in answer to Sofya Lvovna's plea for a single convincing word to live by, using it to deflect her earnestness and mock her search for meaning.
Reading notes
- Big Volodya and Little Volodya §73 tararaboombia
See the allusions sidecar and headnote for this refrain, from a period music-hall song, used by Little Volodya as a deliberately empty, mocking non-answer to Sofya Lvovna's plea for a word to live by.