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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tatty bye
Today it means: Goodbye. Full definition →
Today it means: Goodbye. Full definition →
Fanciful formation: compare ta-ta and goodbye. Phrase made popular by comedian Ken Dodd in the 1970s, but persisting in the language.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.