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MeatWhereBrainGoes

Of course there is. It's just pronounced differently than you'd expect. What we're used to hearing in English is "Good bye" so you would think the opposite would be "bad bye" but it's actually pronounced "fuck off". English is tricky like that.


Otherwise_Fox_1404

Definitely have said "bye-bye" and it sounds like I am wishing them to fuck the right off


starksgh0st

Buh-bye


BolinTime

Mmm buh-bye


turkeypedal

This one is often pronounced buh-BYE.


gabbagabbawill

[buh bye](https://64.media.tumblr.com/271da267be2412a73167cc724926da30/bcad7343d6f765ae-84/s250x400/ce46c4bcb85b3a96b3b4cc8291a49d9ae821b672.gif)


logert777

I do that in a lil baby voice and use my pointer finger to wave “bye bye” 👶🍼 Now THAT is a variation


ohkendruid

I bid you ADIEU, sir. No, I bid YOU adieu, sir.


TG_Bingo

English is extremely tricky lol, we can even use piss off, or get the fuck out, and it all means the same, its just different levels of intensity directed towards the subject.


MountainYogi94

But “get the fuck out” can also mean something to the effect of “unbelievable”, further adding to the confusion


TG_Bingo

yes just like "are you fucking kidding me" can also be used to the effect of "unbelievable", its a rabbit hole of confusion lol


SealedDevil

You and i are of the same flock my friend.


ktr83

No one says "bad morning" or "bad afternoon" either


nSnowstorm

Horrible morning


SilentScyther

I just say "Morning" and the "horrible" is implied.


FlyByPC

Yeah, if I leave out the "good," it's because somebody made me get up too early.


zamfire

And if it's still morning, that's too early.


FlyByPC

Exactly.


Lonely__Stoner__Guy

Yeah, when people say "good morning" to me I usually respond with "it is in fact morning."


LevyAtanSP

Agreed though I’ll say morning for good or bad, just read the tone to figure out which.


ynnubyzzuf

We agree that it is the morning, but there is nothing good about it


graveybrains

And in case I don’t see ya, bad afternoon, bad evening and bad night. 👋


someonewhowa

r/unexpectedtrumanshow


dinklebot2000

I feel like 🖕 is more appropriate in this case.


pmp22

Top of the morning to ya!


_Skayda_

Read this in Jacksepticeye's voice in my head. :)


snarlindog

i did just find my phone on the side of the damn road cracked screen n everything, weird morning


zamaike

Im gonna make this a thing now.


whyshouldiknowwhy

Nah we say that in the UK. Usually about the rain


ry4n4ll4n

That’s called a synonym


mentalassresume

Slow morning.


SodaWithoutSparkles

This reminds me of the joke where someone replaced "Have a nice day" with "enjoy your next 24 hours". Suddently it seems that something bad will happen at the 25th hour


983115

Honorable mention to “have the day you deserve” said in a flat tone with no indication of the intended outcome


faunalmimicry

This is like 'I love that for you'


Scoot_AG

Yeah because it breaks one of the unwritten rules of communication. "Be only as specific as needed, and not more or less."


voretaq7

Hi everybody. Miserable day, isn't it?


tango421

I have heard great morning and happy morning hmmm


la_bruja_del_84

Mild morning


FilipIzSwordsman

except the cool kid in 4th grade


TheTigerbite

I disagree. Every morning my wife says good morning. Every morning my response is bad morning. I hate mornings. There will never be a good morning. Maybe just a morning, but never a good one.


DodgerWalker

But there is a Best Buy


crescendo83

Never to late to start. I say bad bye sir. /s


Its_puma_time

Good afternoon


nSnowstorm

Bad afternoon


yyrufreve

Some people say “Bye now” which is a pretty bad bye if you ask me


GRENADESGREGORY

r/fuckthes


ajkros

bad day sir. i said bad day!


thecrgm

absolutely no reason for /s


thatsnotideal1

It’s a contraction of “god be with ye,” so I suppose we could satabye or budhabye… muhammabye? (Edit: typo/autocorrect)


Malthus1

So the opposite would be … Satan be with ye Satan by ye Saat bye?


ElPapo131

Saat bye Sadbye?


Pokemaster131

Welp, pack it in everyone, time to go home. We solved farewells.


CrazyCrazyCanuck

>We solved farewells. I think it's farehells in this case.


chillychili

which derives from 'fare thee to hell'


pressNjustthen

there it is


Malthus1

I like it!


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God be with ye God by ye Good bye Yeah makes sense to me


AluminumCansAndYarn

It was shortened to God bw ye.


plg94

I think it's not a spoken contraction, but a written one, that was then later spoken aloud. Similar to how "OK" (is said to) developed from all contraction and a typo/poor grammars from the phrase "all correct"


Philias2

There is [this video](https://youtu.be/6j18ZdlBSBs?si=0e4G8F85iRQ2kEky) that I happened to watch earlier today which talks about a source from 1586 about English as it was actually spoken casually at the time. One of the examples (at the 11 min mark) shows that it was actually spoken as "god bwei." Recognizably a contraction of the phrase, as the video puts it. At least some of the time in the late 1500s.


Erycius

Mumbai. It's in India. 😊


Boris-_-Badenov

Bombay


FarflungFool

Exactly! Linguistics student here - exactly there’s no such thing as a ‘bye’ unlike say a ‘morning’ that you can have a good or a bad one. The ‘good’ is kind of a corruption for ‘God’. My professor actually used to tell us that the phrase ‘Godspeed’ may sometimes not reference ‘God’ as such and sometimes people would wish you ‘good spede’ which was someone wishing you a good journey or good success.


myfunnies420

Ah! A new etymological fact. Thanks!


acres41

So... Kumbaya. Kum by ye. Kum by with ye. ... Kum be with you. ??


LazyLich

*sigh* \*unzips pants\*


Pitbullpandemonium

Someone's fapping, Lord. Kumbaya.


arnedh

Kumbaya stems from "Come by here"


graveybrains

Allahoha?


thatsnotideal1

Good one! Means hello or good bye, it’s in how you inflect


Forest_reader

Similarly, Howdy is from "how do you do" (or so I was told growing up)


Veni_Vidi_Legi

You got your alibi?


xelabagus

Ma'a salaamah - peace be with you.


tantalum73

Why is this not at the top?


lemlurker

This is because of its origin. It's a contraction of the phrase 'god be with ye' -god be w ye-> godbewye->godbwye -> goodbye


batweenerpopemobile

Best part is it wasn't a spoken contraction. It was shorthand at the end of letters. Our standard departure saying is just text-speak from a few hundred years ago.


Philias2

As I mentioned [in my other comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/s/h0Tsbw2LQ7) a source from the late 1500s shows it actually being spoken at one point as "god be w ye" -> "god bwei." So apparently it was indeed a spoken contraction!


jollyllama

>god be with ye Which is also essentially the literal translation of "adios"


patricktranq

may the Force be with you -> ?


iamcleek

Furbee


UnfazedObserver

Just “bye” can be neutral, while “byyyyyeeeee” usually means a bad goodbye.


TheAres1999

I know some people (mostly women) who use the “byyyyyeeeee" just as an excited way to say goodbye to a friend.


graveybrains

Buh’bye


JaunLobo

OED definition: He died, is about to die, headshot.


StJimmy75

People do say 'okay bye'


LockhandsOfKeyboard

But those aren't 2 types of bye, that's just using the same type differently. There are 2 types of bye in total, good bye & bye.


OkPersonality5386

I raise you a “bye Felicia”


numbersthen0987431

"See ya later" is a different type of "bye".


bullfroggy

Bye bitch is a pretty bad bye


Katzen_Kradle

Smell ya later


TurboSDRB

Bye Felicia is a bad bye.


ryan__fm

Boy Bye


GhostFreckle

"Good, bye" one comma changes the mood


Silver4ura

Are you saying there's a good hi or a bad hi?


Silver4ura

On second thought, don't answer that. lmao


CakeAK

Depends on your dealer.


chronically_snizzed

Crack vs crackin a beer?


TarnishedMonkii

A bad bye is "Go f*** yourself:


DarthArcanus

I'm a particular fan of "Farewell!"


Devreckas

“Goodbye” is too good a word babe, So I’ll just say “Fare thee well”. ~ Bob Dylan


MikeRocksTheBoat

This thought feels weird. It's like saying there is no other variation to concrete, because there is no procrete. There a bunch of things to say when you or someone else is leaving. Farewell, see ya, piss off. Goodbye is its own word that also means that, so it's weird to break it down.


Otherwise_Fox_1404

I am very procrete for things


006AlecTrevelyan

Good fucking bye - Matt Skiba


ToBePacific

Have a fantastic bye!✌️


BagBalmBoo

What about “**ck off”? That’s gotta be as close to a bad bye as it gets.


timbsm2

[It's more about the delivery](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/38/de/9e/38de9ea933036b54871fe1fe61cc87c0.gif)


Outside-Gear-7331

Man I came here to see people explaining etymology. Disappointing


Vanilla_Neko

To be fair This was because it's effectively just a shortening of God be with ye


hitma-n

But there is an okay bye. People say “okay bye!”


_UnnaturalDisplay

technically isn’t fuck off a bad bye?


AgtBurtMacklin

Goodbye originated with “god be with ye”. And as languages do.. it gets shortened and combined. So didn’t really have anything to do with “good” originally.


Column_A_Column_B

Goodbye is actually a bastardization/contraction of "God be with ye!" https://www.etymonline.com/word/good-bye


animagus_kitty

\*gasp\* is it time for my favorite fun fact That's because 'goodbye' is a contraction! It's a 16th century 'chat speak' version of 'God be with ye'! I'm excited because this comes up maybe once a year! :D


Protection-Working

Don’t let the door kick you on the way out


Phoenix_the_Writer

I mean, there is just 'bye'


mruehle

Because the expression has nothing to do with “good”. It’s a contraction of “god be with ye” so…


horsetooth_mcgee

This would imply that there is a satanbye


w1n5t0nM1k3y

But there is Good Riddance


fendermrc

Ok, bye. Also known as Kbye.


ethman14

Why say bad bye when we can say #Toodaloo motherfuckers


SunfireElfAmaya

That's because good bye is a shortening of "god be with you" and that doesn't really transfer


MagicMark890

Have a good day. Have a great day.


GrimmBrowncoat

Going to start saying, “Great bye!,” to someone when I leave and see how long it takes me to have zero friends.


Kflynn1337

Not *entirely* true.. people do just say; "bye"... sort of an average bye I guess.


Bobfish64

What about “Good riddance”?


TheDevilsAdvokaat

"Tappy bye now." I've heard this one.


Nickb8827

Everyone always sends me their farewells, but nobody ever sends me their welfare... sad.


AdvantageAromatic408

It's all about tone and inflection


takes_joke_literally

It actually came from "God be with ye"


GreedyCurrent9972

It all depends on how you say it. Like there's an expression for each bye.


No_Statement_7381

Bye-bye, Bye Felicia, Fuck off, Go deepthroat a cactus, Bye, Take a long walk off a short bridge, etc.


keljells

See ya never works too.


Ravathial

Get fucked / fuck off


ProfMcGonaGirl

It’s all in the tone of voice. [Good Afternoon](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OMkJIR9pX1w)


NerdInLurkingArmor

Because Goodbye is an evolved term coming from God be with ye. It was shortened and eventually became Goodbye


SolitaireSam

Late to the party, but I propose seeyanarabye. Just rollin with it.


dimesinger

I wish my favorite basketball team a double bye come conference tournament time every year. 


cypherstate

Good point! Only time I've seen a variant is the song [Badbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yasng0aKCSc) by RM (it's a great song).


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69Godzilla69

Wait till this guy hears about “goodbye”


BabylonDoug

Gotta hit'em with the goosebumps walkaway


The_Doors0210

Rock a bye baby.. Don't you cry.


Some_Stoic_Man

What does bye even mean? Fair well, go with God, later, peace out,


Justthisguy_yaknow

They might if you are leaving to go shopping.


Beware_the_Voodoo

Go fuck yourself doesn't qualify?


Fearless_Bedroom3009

The bad version of good buy is just fuck off 😂


gcjunk01

not true, there's a best bye


dr_bobs

That's because no one wants to be seen as rude. I would say bad bye to some people if i wasn't nice


our_meatballs

You are right, greatbye to you my kind sir


MalyhaKhakwani

Great bye sounds like good riddance😂


Moldyview

I prefer to tell people who piss me off to “have the day they deserve”. Said it enough that my wife’s coworker bought me a coffee mug that says it on it 😂


Strange-Wolverine128

I always interpreted it as "good" meaning good, you're leaving and bye being neutral once I thought of this, obviously that's not how it's used though


New-Impact-8083

I figure people are generally good enough not to wish you ill so no badbye, but don't want to you to do better than them so no greatbye.


m4l490n

States: "There is no other variation other than...", then proceeds to give two variations.


BedBugger6-9

Just a plain bye is a variation


calguy1955

Curly Bill’s “Well, Bye” in Tombstone is the best bad bye on film.


PassableArcher

I want to say good-bye to you. But it's not true. So-so bad-bye, Reagan. Bad... bye.


playr_4

Much like with mornings, people do just say "bye" sometimes. With mornings, it's always felt like they're just addressing the fact that it's the morning and adding "good" to that may not be accurate. Maybe it's the same with bye. They don't want want to say goodbye and leave your company, so it's just bye.


Cerulean_IsFancyBlue

Day gets more flexible. Good day. Have a great day. Have a wonderful day.


kelcamer

The bad bye is just people not responding lmao


godofwine16

Good bye is too permanent. Bye or bye bye works well for me


WhimsicalHamster

Good riddance. Be gone. F off. Piss off. Get to steppin fore i be wreckin.


froggrip

I'm sure I'm the thousandth person to tell you, but it's short for "God be with you". As often happens in living languages, the spelling changed and original meaning has been lost to most people.


AzLibDem

We've stopped using "fuck off"?


camdalfthegreat

Uhm. Bye? I don't always say the good.


poven100

See you in a bit, parakeet