Meanings
alternative smell ya later
- humorousinformalSee you later; goodbye.
We're out of here, smell you later, enjoy the toast?
2010, Lindsay Price, “Lies”, in Ten Minute Play Series – All Girls, Crystal Beach, Ont.: Theatrefolk, →ISBN, page 285 more examples
I pulled up to the house about seven or eight And I yelled to the cabbie ‘Yo homes smell ya later’ I looked at my kingdom; I was finally there To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air
1992 September 21, Will Smith, Quincy Jones, “Yo Home to Bel-Air”, performed by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceTodd jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped. "Smell ya later!" he hollered over his shoulder.
1996, Sherry Shahan, Telephone Tag (A Yearling Book), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 16"Smell ya later," Scary Mary said to all of us, waddling toward the elevators.
2006, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 72Hope that pleases ya. Well, smell ya later, kid and what can I say? It was nice workin' with ya.
2006, Darren Smith, “Da Bitch Gotta Go”, in Shadow’s Bliss: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115"Oh, yeah," Faith said. "He agreed. Da bomb." "Smell ya later," Jason said, raising his hand as he left.
2007, Lynda Sandoval, The Other Sister (Silhouette Special Edition; 1851), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 146Synonyms: adieu, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, badbye, BCNU
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionSee you later; goodbye.
Origin
A humorous modification of see you later.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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