tatty bye

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tatty bye

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

interjection tatty-bye

UK, dated, slang Goodbye.

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"tatty bye." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tatty%20bye. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tatty bye. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tatty%20bye

Chicago

"tatty bye." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tatty%20bye.

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@misc{tatty_bye_2026,
  title = {tatty bye},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tatty%20bye},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}