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tatty bye

tatty bye interjection: goodbye.

Interjection

  1. (UK, dated, slang) Goodbye.

Forms of tatty bye

alternative formtatty-bye

Origin of tatty bye

Fanciful formation: compare ta-ta and goodbye. Phrase made popular by comedian Ken Dodd in the 1970s, but persisting in the language.

Questions about tatty bye

What does tatty bye mean?
Tatty bye means goodbye.
What part of speech is tatty bye?
Tatty bye is an interjection.

Words near tatty bye in the dictionary

  1. tattu
  2. tattus
  3. tattva
  4. tattvas
  5. tatty
  6. tatty bye
  7. tatty cake
  8. tatty cakes
  9. tatty scone
  10. tatty scones
  11. tatty-bye

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