kthnxbye

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A form of kthxbye — Used to express (as though facetiously polite) the abrupt or dismissive end of a conversation, statement, etc.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of kthxbye.

    “’Kthnxbye!” Angel said brightly, opening the door for them.

    2010, James Patterson, Fang, Young Arrow, →ISBN, page 204
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    Dear will.I.am I can NEVER nail that first “dirty bit” timing. Please help. Kthnxbye.

    2011 January 26, Katy Perry, quotee, “Celebrity tweets”, in Metro Calgary, page 16

    CHORUS NEAR: We’d love to. CHORUS FAR: CBA. CHORUS NEAR: But you know… CHORUS FAR: So kthnxbye! CHORUS NEAR: Laters?

    2014, Sarah Jane Dickenson, CBA, Barbican Press, →ISBN, page 9

    Ground? Hello, my names are Lola and Charlotte. Pleased to meet you. Can you open up right about now and swallow me? Kthnxbye.

    2015, Stacey Solomon, Walk on By, Totally Bound Publishing, →ISBN, page 56

    Fuck it, rebrand the Welfare State as the Welfare Trampoline if you like, but Jesus we will not win if we do not offer something that looks like a smile wrapped around the weapons we’ll need to fight the fear we know is coming. Right, done. Kthnxbye.

    2016, Rishi Dastidar, “What’s the matter with”, in W.N. Herbert, Andy Jackson, editors, New Boots and Pantisocracies, Smokestack Books, →ISBN, page 146

    “Guys, bad news: My mom and sisters are all dead. Hot Hands and Gravitas killed them and the director and all the other actors on this movie! Man, it’s so bad, villains are evil, guys, don’t let them fool you! Kthnxbye.”

    2018, Liam Llewellyn, Stuporheroes, L.L. Press, →ISBN, page 117

Origin

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APA

kthnxbye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kthnxbye

MLA

“kthnxbye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kthnxbye. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kthnxbye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kthnxbye.

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