Badbye
intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The acknowledgement of a departure involving such negative emotions.
"She walked to the railing where airport people, who waited to wave goodbyes (and even badbyes) to their loved (and hated) ones, leaned."
- 1 Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions. childish, colloquial, humorous
"Goodbye. / Then I don’t know what’s so good about it. / Then badbye or just bye. / Yes, that’s probably just a goodbye. / Bye, then? / I wish we didn’t have to say bye. / We didn’t say bye. / We said “badbye” and “just bye” and “then bye.”"
- 2 Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.; Used to express sadness at the departure of a friend or loved one. childish, colloquial, humorous
- 3 Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.; Used to dismiss someone whom the speaker is angry with, such that the speaker may be happy to see them leave. childish, colloquial, humorous
"Once, when she was little, she was angry at Jason because he was going away and she refused to say goodbye to him. Instead she ran to a window and shouted after him, “Badbye, Daddy, badbye!”"
Example
More examples"Goodbye. / Then I don’t know what’s so good about it. / Then badbye or just bye. / Yes, that’s probably just a goodbye. / Bye, then? / I wish we didn’t have to say bye. / We didn’t say bye. / We said “badbye” and “just bye” and “then bye.”"
Etymology
From bad + bye, by analogy with goodbye, reanalyzed as good + bye.
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