badbye exclamation 3noun 1forms 1 exclamation3 •(informal, humorous) Said in reaction to a departure involving painful emotions.The distant thump of the front door. Gone. She didn’t even go to the window to watch him walk away. / And I cannot let you in. / What kind of a woman falls for a grieving man? / Badbye. — 2019 •(informal, humorous) Used to express sadness at the departure of a friend or loved one. •(informal, humorous) Used to dismiss someone whom the speaker is angry with, such that the speaker may be happy to see them leave.Once, when she was little, she was angry at Jason because he was going away and she refused to say goodbye to him. Instead she ran to a window and shouted after him, “Badbye, Daddy, badbye!” — 1976 noun1 •The acknowledgement of a departure involving such negative emotions.She walked to the railing where airport people, who waited to wave goodbyes (and even badbyes) to their loved (and hated) ones, leaned. — 2009 formsbadbyes
