Original Ways to Say “Goodbye” in English
“Goodbye” and its alternatives “bye bye” and “bye” are by far the most frequent phrases people use when they are about to part ways from one another. “Goodbye” emerged some five hundred years ago as a contraction of the phrase “God be with you!” and has been used ever since to close most meetings and chance encounters. But there’s a world of possibilities available when it comes to saying goodbye. A world containing less common and more powerful expressions that can convey much more than just a plain old “goodbye”. Get familiar with the following phrases that will help you bid farewell in style:
Popular ways to say goodbye include the health-related “take care”, the cheerful “take it easy”, or the busy “(I’ll) catch you later”. To send a wish, you can use either “have a nice day/evening” or the more casual “have a good one”, which can apply to virtually anything the addressee wants it to. Alternatively, use the phrase “until tomorrow/Tuesday/September/2020” to remind the listener of the day you’re going to see each other next. If you wish to express an intention to meet the person in the future, “see you later”, “see you” or “later!” will work just fine. The popular catchphrase “see you later alligator” was derived from a 50’s pop song and became part of an exchange with the reply being “after a while crocodile”.
The introduction of rhymes in greetings has triggered an ongoing creative process. Here are just some of the ingenious ways to indicate you’re about to take leave. Note that each one of them uses a different type of animal to achieve the desired effect: See ya soon big baboon. Time to go buffalo. Take care teddy bear. Can’t stay blue jay. Tood-a-loo kangaroo. Out the door dinosaur. Hasta manana piranha. Hang loose mongoose. Here’s a hug ladybug. Bye bye butterfly. Time to bail, my slimy snail. Must be off, my little moth. Gotta kick it, little cricket. Time to sail, orca whale. So long for now, dairy cow. Show me out, rainbow trout. Gotta flee, you handsome bee! Gotta go, you little mole. Hit the road, silly toad. And when you run out of animal rhymes, you know it’s time to move onto other items such as food or items of everyday use: In an hour sunflower. Say goodbye pumpkin pie.
Being resourceful pays off! Not all of us are poets, but we all have access to the pool of greetings and farewell expressions we can make use of. When it comes to mundane parts of conversation, it’s is a great asset to be resourceful. Opening and closing small talks with the same expressions every day will not win the hearts of your listeners. Choose a creative path instead, and drop a jocular rhyming farewell expression here and there. It will help you give your conversations a fresh start every single day!
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