so long
so long interjection: goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place.
Interjection
- Goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place.
- So long, and thanks for all the fish!
- He had a lot to say / He had a lot of nothing to say / We'll miss him / We'll miss him / We're gonna miss him / We're gonna miss him / So long / We wish you well / You told us how you weren't afraid to die / Well, so long / Don't cry / Or feel too down / Not all martyrs see divinity / But at least...1996, “Eulogy”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Ænima, performed by Tool
so long meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
so long in Tamil
- பிரியாவிடை மொழி, பின்னர் பார்ப்போம், சென்று வருகிறேன், சென்றுவருக
so long in Vietnamese
- informal: goodbye
- tạm biệt
Origin of so long
Uncertain. Compare to Swedish hej så länge and Russian пока (poka). See Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Questions about so long
- What does so long mean?
- So long means goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place.
- What is so long in Tamil?
- So long in Tamil is பிரியாவிடை மொழி, பின்னர் பார்ப்போம், சென்று வருகிறேன். See So long meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is so long?
- So long is an interjection.
Words near so long in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: so long (page history and authors); so long (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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