kthxbai

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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 23

Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of kthxbye.

    HELO YHBT KTHXBAI!!!!!!1

    2001 October 20, LS <s-m-...@saturn.com>, “HELO YHBT KTHXBAI!!!!!!1”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon.hentai (Usenet), message-ID <Xns91366B294EC34saberteamraolcom@167.206.112.134>
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    Um, hey, Counselor, can you stop streaming Gilmore Girls on Netflix long enough to present your case to the jury? KTHXBAI.

    2012, Jen Lancaster, Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development, or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner, New American Library, →ISBN

    Google knows you better than your own mother. It has a file on you that would make J. Edgar Hoover salivate. And now they're going to hang onto that file and pretty much do whatever they want with it. But don't worry because they haven't done anything scary yet, and they promise not to be evil. Kthxbai.

    2012 February 19, Rainbow Rowell, “Rainbow: Google is tracking your personal info”, in Omaha World-Herald

    And man, what a letdown that we finally get some Wolfbrotherness after, what, two whole books of Perrin resolutely ignoring the wolves —and then they're all, yeah, haven't seen your chick, bummer dude, keep it reals, kthxbai.

    2013, Leigh Butler, Wheel of Time Reread: Books 7-9, Tor.com, →ISBN

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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