GOODBYE
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ABYSSINIA goodbye; I’ll be seeing you → 1934 sl., orig. US
► ALL THE BEST goodbye → 1968 UK sl.
► A.M.F. goodbye; the finish (Adios (or aloha) motherfucker) → 1963 Amer. sl.
► AROO! goodbye! → 1945 Aust. sl.
► AUDI 5000 ► OUTTIE 5000 a phrase of farewell; goodbye, see you → 1990s African-American & teen sl.
► AU RESERVOIR goodbye, ‘au revoir’ → 1853
► AUREV goodbye (French au revoir) → 1920s
► BE SEEING YOU goodbye → 1934
► BE SEEIN’ YOU IN HALIFAX goodbye → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUH-BYE goodbye → 1996 US sl.
► BUNG HO! goodbye! → 1920s sl.
► BYE goodbye → 1709
► BYEE goodbye → 1964
► CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP FLOP goodbye → 1970s US students’ sl.
► CHECK YOU ► CHECK YOU LATER goodbye → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHEERIE-BYE goodbye → 1934 Brit. sl.
► CHEERIO goodbye → 1914 Brit.
► CHEERO goodbye → 1910 Brit.
► CHOW used as a greeting and as a farewell → 1961 UK sl.
► CHOW FOR NOW goodbye → 1991 US sl.
► DA DA! goodbye → L17 colloq., chiefly nursery usage
► DAY, DAY! a childish expression for ‘good day’; goodbye → 1712 obs.
► GOODBYE, GATE, GOTTA EVAPORATE! goodbye → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOODBYE, SLUG, I’LL SEE YOU IN THE SLOT MACHINES! goodbye → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HASTA LA VISTA goodbye → M20
► HOORAY goodbye → 1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOO-ROO ► HURROO goodbye → 1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
► I’LL BE SEEING YOU! goodbye → 1940s
► I’M ARCHIVES goodbye, I’m leaving → 1990s US students’ sl.
► IN A MINUTE farewell, goodbye → 1970s African-American sl.
► LATER! Goodbye! → 1950s Amer. sl.
► O’RIVER goodbye, au revoir → 1991 US sl.
► OLIVE OIL! Au revoir! → 1884 sl., orig. music-halls’
► ONE goodbye, see you later → 2000s US teen sl.
► OOROO goodbye → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► OSMOSIS AMOEBAS a farewell, goodbye → 1983 US students’ sl.
► PIP-PIP! goodbye! → 1904
► PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER goodbye for now, see you later → 1940s African American sl.
► SARAJEVO goodbye; ‘see you later’ → 1980s US students’ sl.
► SAYONARA farewell, goodbye → 1870 Japanese
► SEE Y’ALL DOWN THE LINE goodbye → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SEE YOU goodbye → 1962
► SEE YOU IN CHURCH, IF YOU SIT BY THE WINDOW an informal way of saying goodbye to people one knows well → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR goodbye → 1954 jocular usage, orig. US
► SEE YOU SOME MORE! goodbye → 1940s NZ sl.
► SO LONG goodbye → 1865 orig. US
► SO LONG, MATER, SEE YA LATER! goodbye → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE IT EASY goodbye, see you later → 1950s US
► TAKE IT SLOW goodbye, see you later → 1930s sl., orig. African-American
► TALLY-HO! goodbye! → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► TA-RA goodbye → 1950s
► TA-TA! goodbye! → 1823 orig. nursery usage
► TATTY-BYE goodbye → 1971 Brit. sl.
► TIDDLY PUSH! a nonsense word for goodbye → c1920
► TOODLE-OO ► TOOTLE-OO goodbye → 1907 Brit.
► TOODLE-PIP ► TOOTLE-PIP goodbye → 1907 Brit.
► T.T.F.N. goodbye; ‘Ta-Ta For Now’ → 1948 Brit.
► VALE! farewell; goodbye → 1550
NOUNS
► SAILOR’S FAREWELL any form of goodbye that is essentially a curse → L19 sl.
► VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking → 1580-3
VERBS
► BETAKE to bid adieu, to say goodbye → 1642 obs.
► BETEACH to bid adieu or goodbye → .c1314 obs.
► SAY TA-RA to say goodbye → 1970s sl.
► MAKE ONE’S ADIEU to say goodbye → 1567
► TAKE ONE’S ADIEU to say goodbye → 1581
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