so long

sentence substitute informal farewell; goodbye adv slang South African for the time being; meanwhile

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interj. (used to express farewell.) [1840–50, Amer.]

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Noun

so long - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"bye-bye, cheerio, good day, goodby, good-by, goodbye, good-bye, sayonara, adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, byefarewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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so long

See you later; goodbye. So long, have a good weekend. I think we're ready to go. So long!See also: long

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Good-bye. So long, see ya later. It's been good talking to you. So long.See also: long

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Good-bye, as in So long, we'll see you next week. The allusion here is puzzling; long presumably means "a long time" and perhaps the sense is "until we meet again after a long time," but the usage has no such implication. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s] See also: long

so ˈlong (for now)

(informal) goodbye until we next meet: So long for now. I’ll see you soon.See also: long

So long

interj. Good-bye. It’s been good talking to you. So long. See also: long

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Good-bye. This colloquial usage has been around since the first half of the 1800s and its origin is puzzling. “Long” may be short for “a long time,” but there is no such implication in the phrase. The American radio newscaster Lowell Thomas, active from 1930 to the mid-1970s, had a standard sign-off, “So long . . . until tomorrow.” Today the phrase is heard less often than a newer form of good-bye with an equally puzzling allusion, take care. See also: long

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noun a farewell remark

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