FAREWELL
ADJECTIVES
► VALEDATORY uttered in bidding or taking farewell → obs.
► VALEDICTORY uttered in bidding or taking farewell → 1651
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ABCING YOU used as a farewell → 1947 US sl.
► ADDIO used as an expression of farewell (esp. Italian contexts) → 1577
► ADIEU used as an expression of farewell; goodbye → a1393
► ADIOS used as an expression of farewell → 1635
► ADIOS AMOEBAS a farewell → 1980s US students’ sl.
► AUDI 5000 a phrase of farewell; goodbye, see you → 1990s African-American & teen sl.
► BE GOOD TO YOURSELF used with humour as a farewell → 1950 US sl.
► CHEERS used as a parting salutation; goodbye → 1937 orig. Aust.
► CHEERY-BYE used as a cheerful expression of farewell → 1930 colloq.
► CHOW used as a greeting and as a farewell → 1961 UK sl.
► DAY-DAY goodbye; a gesture of farewell → 1901 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► DIG YOU LATER used as a farewell → 1947 US sl.
► DIG YOU LATER ALLIGATOR used as a farewell → 1954 US sl.
► EASY used as a farewell → 1972 Hawaiian youth usage
► IN A MINUTE farewell, goodbye → 1970s African-American sl.
► LATRONIC used as a farewell; ‘later on’ → 1991 US sl.
► MAY ALL YOUR CONSEQUENCES BE HAPPY ONES used as a humorous farewell → 1962 US sl.
► MY FEET ARE STAYING a farewell → 1980s US students’ sl.
► OSMOSIS AMOEBAS a farewell, goodbye → 1983 US students’ sl.
► OUTTIE 5000 a phrase of farewell; goodbye, see you → 1990s African-American & teen sl.
► SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL a humorous farewell → 1966 US sl.
► SAYONARA farewell, goodbye → 1870 Japanese
► SEE YOU IN CHURCH! used as an expression of farewell → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR used as a farewell → 1956 US sl.
► STAY UP used as a farewell → 1998 US sl.
► VALE! farewell; goodbye → 1550
► YICKADEE! an exclamation of greeting or farewell → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BONAILLIE ► BONALLY farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CABMAN’S FAREWELL any form of farewell that is essentially a curse → 1940s sl.
► DAY-DAY a gesture of farewell → 1950 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► FARWEDDLE farewell → 1854 Eng. dial.
► LEAVE-NIMING the taking leave of a person; saying farewell → 1340 obs.
► VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking → 1580-3
► VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking → 1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell → 1619
► VALE-DICTUM an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell → 1638 obs.
► WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination → 1970s sl., orig. military
VERBS
► VALEDICT to bid farewell → 1721
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