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Context: a former swordsman takes his daughter to attend kendo lessons. She
doesn't seem happy, so he reminds her that she decided herself to go, at which
che replies:

> んだよ！とーさんがさんざん剣が **どうの** って話ばっかするからだろ！！

What is the meaning of どうの? I found an example on Kenkyusha dictionary
suggesting it can be used in lists:

> 色が **どうの** デザインが **どうの** と彼女は文句ばかりつけている.
>
> She's forever complaining; if it isn't the color, it's the design or
> something else.

Is this the way it was used in my sentence? Thank you for your help!
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What is the meaning of どうの?
It's the same as どうこう or どうのこうの explained in [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/61932/5010). It replaces a
(subjectively) unimportant part of the sentence like "blah blah". In this
case, the father has told her a long story about 剣, but she is thinking what
he said was unimportant to her.
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Apparently どうの is short for どうのこうの which means "this and that", "to keep
talking incessantly about something", "to keep complaining". In negative
sentences it means "anything".

Examples from
[プログレッシブ和英中辞典](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/#je-53470):  

> どうのこうのとうるさく言うな。  
>  Stop nagging.  
>  このことについてはどうのこうの言う権利はない。  
>  I have no right to say anything about the matter.

[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/どうの/#je-53469](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/#je-53469)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/どうのこうの/#je-53470](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/#je-53470)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/156614/meaning/m0u/どうの/](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/156614/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/)
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