Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express farewell.
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- interjection informal
goodbye ,adieu
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a farewell remark
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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How our watery sacs constantly adjust valves to keep us one step shy of liquid or sicca again sayonara
Shabbos 2009
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How our watery sacs constantly adjust valves to keep us one step shy of liquid or sicca again sayonara
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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And now that Simon is saying "sayonara" to "Idol," the big debate today was, who could replace him?
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
Printing: IT IS TIME TO TAKE GEITHNER AND SUMMERS OUT OF THE GAME 2010
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
Danny Schechter: Shakeup Needed: Time for Geithner to Go Danny Schechter 2010
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
IT IS TIME TO TAKE GEITHNER AND SUMMERS OUT OF THE GAME 2010
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
Danny Schechter: Shakeup Needed: Time for Geithner to Go 2010
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It's time to say "sayonara," and appoint someone with the people's interest at heart.
Danny Schechter: Shakeup Needed: Time for Geithner to Go 2010
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There are celebrations of historic feats -- for example, the "sayonara" home run (in the U.S., a "walk-off") that ended a game attended by the late Emperor Showa, known during his lifetime as Hirohito.
uselessness commented on the word sayonara
Not to be confused with cyanide, which is, of course, goodbye in any language.
September 17, 2007