Related Clues:

• Silly person
• Phrase tacked on for emphasis
• Frequent joiner
• Braying beast
• When doubled, la-di-da
• Connector of the quip
• --- than (at least)
• Hemingway's "The Sun --- Rises"
• Conversational prompt
• Lightning-thunder connector
• Other than
• ''What --- can go wrong?''
• So-so link?
• ''So, what --- is new?''
• When repeated, extreme