Meanings
alternative kthanksbye · alternative kthnxbai · alternative kthnxbye · alternative kthxbai · alternative rare kthnxbi
- InternetUsed to express (as though facetiously polite) the abrupt or dismissive end of a conversation, statement, etc.
“Your 15 minutes are up, Audrey. kthxbye.”
2008, Robin Benway, Audrey, Wait!, Razorbill (2008), →ISBN2 more examples
Once they tell me that rubbish, it's, "Date's over, kthxbye."
2006, Karina, “But What Man Can Tame Her?”, in PC Gamer, volume 13, numbers 7-9 (letter to the editor)Much to the dismay of those who failed to acquire tickets quickly enough, the festival’s verified Twitter account cockily announced, “no we don’t have any passes left to release, kthxbye.”
2011 March 8, Will Hagle, “Festival sales could save the failing live music industry”, in Daily Trojan, University of Southern California
Origin
From k + thx + bye, literally “OK, thanks, bye”.
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