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go Bills

/ˈɡɔʊ̯.bɪlz/

go Bills interjection: used as a greeting between people from Buffalo, New York. This most often occurs when the person being spoken to wears Buffalo Bills attire.

Interjection

go Bills

  1. Used as a greeting between people from Buffalo, New York. This most often occurs when the person being spoken to wears Buffalo Bills attire.
    • Go bills! Go bills!
  2. Used to display excitement for the Buffalo Bills, especially while watching them play.
    • Go bills!
  3. Used as a farewell.
    • See you later! Go bills!
    • 2025 January 25, David Waldstein, New York Times, “In Buffalo, There Are Two Words on Everyone’s Lips: ‘Go Bills,’” “…the phrase “Go Bills” serves as Greater Buffalo’s “Aloha.””

Origin of go Bills

From go + Buffalo Bills.

Questions about go Bills

What does go Bills mean?
Go Bills means used as a greeting between people from Buffalo, New York. This most often occurs when the person being spoken to wears Buffalo Bills attire.
What part of speech is go Bills?
Go Bills is an interjection.
How do you pronounce go Bills?
Go Bills is pronounced /ˈɡɔʊ̯.bɪlz/ (US).

Words near go Bills in the dictionary

  1. go berserk
  2. go between
  3. go beyond
  4. go beyond the pale
  5. go big or go home
  6. go Bills
  7. go bitchcakes
  8. go bonkers
  9. go both ways
  10. go brrr
  11. go bush

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