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merriam-webster.com • 39 days ago

This one goes out to TikTok…

This would’ve done numbers on TikTok

We 🩷 you dictionary & all of your wonderful words!!! @merriam-webster.com

And now that song is stuck in my head...

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'Goodbye' is an alteration of "God be with you" and its first known use was in 1575.

I think that meaning should be marked: Archaic. Today (for we non-Christians at least) it's a synonym for 'ta-ta'.

As in, "goodbye, Tik-Tok."

Merriam-Webster out here parrying the joke misunderstanders on here by pre-explaining

4ltr.com•39 days ago

Does that mean we're still speaking a little Middle English every time we say "goodbye?"

I feel like @eve6.bsky.social would appreciate this.

It'll go dark for a day and be back by Monday.

Yep. You called it.

MW, you're the coolest

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