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  • 2022-02-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Origin of ‘Goodbye’ – Truth or Fiction? (en)
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  • Origin of ‘Goodbye’ Claim Goodbye originated with god be with ye, abbreviated as godbwye. Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting On February 21 2022, an Imgur user shared a Tumblr screenshot , purportedly explaining the origin of the word goodbye in English: Entitled Chat speak, the post was not the first linguistically-themed meme to spread on social media platforms. A January 2015 post to Reddit’s r/etymology made a similar claim: Goodbye = God be with you from etymology As for the Tumblr post, we located an iteration with the same series of comments from June 2015: https://ikimaru.tumblr.com/post/122455531560/little-jonny-hairflips-fur24-raptorific It said: [little-jonny-hairflips]: I’M SO ANGRY Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die SOME 16TH CENTURY ASSHOLE WROTE GOD B W YE IN A LETTER AS AN ABBREVIATION FOR GOD BE WITH YE AND IT APPEARED AS GODBWYE WHICH WAS THEN READ AS GOODBYE AND THAT’S WHY WE SAY GOODBYE BECAUSE OF 16TH CENTURY CHAT SPEAK [fur24]: I hope there’s proof to back this up because that’s hysterical [raptorific]: as the proud holder of an english degree i can confirm this as fact. Google Trends data for the seven-day period ending February 21 2022 demonstrated a steady interest in the etymology of goodbye. In addition to goodbye origin, readers searched for origin of goodbye and origin of the word goodbye. A Google search for goodbye etymology featured a Google Highlight with a definition and information about the origin of the word: Text at the bottom read: late 16th century: contraction of God be with you! , with good substituted on the pattern of phrases such as good morning . Merriam-Webster.com’s entry for goodbye included a note: History and Etymology for goodbye alteration of God be with you Wiktionary.com’s information was similar, describing a progressively shorter contraction of God be with you. A 2016 piece from Columbia Journalism Review described the OED entry for goodbye, and etymonline.com included information about the origins of the word: salutation in parting, also goodbye, good bye, good-by , 1590s, from godbwye (1570s), a contraction of God be with ye (late 14c.), influenced by good-day, good evening , etc. As a noun from 1570s. Intermediate forms in 16c. include God be wy you, God b’uy, God buoye, God buy , etc. A circulating Tumblr screenshot claimed that goodbye originated with God b w ye, an abbreviation for ‘God be with ye,' which appeared as ‘godbwye,' which was then read as ‘goodbye,' and that’s why we say ‘goodbye.' Dictionaries and etymological sources typically explained that goodbye indeed emerged as a contraction of God be with you, influenced by abbreviations of the phrase rendered as godbwye. Article Sources + Origin of 'goodbye,' 'godbwye' | Imgur Goodbye = God be with you | Reddit AND IT APPEARED AS GODBWYE WHICH WAS THEN READ AS GOODBYE AND THAT’S WHY WE SAY GOODBYE | Tumblr Origin of goodbye | Google Trends Goodbye etymology | Google Search Goodbye | Merriam-Webster.com Goodbye | Wiktionary.com Of God and goodbyes | CJR.org Goodbye | etymonline.com Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged etymology , etymology memes , folk etymology , goodbye origin , imgur , Language , reddit , Tumblr (en)
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