English

Alternative spellings
ta-ta for now

Etymology
From ta ta (or ta-ta) by addition of for now to emphasise hope that the parting will not be permanent.

Pronunciation
Often run together as IPA|tIPAchar|æIPAchar|tIPAchar|��IPAchar|fIPAchar|�IPAchar|�IPAchar|nIPAchar|a�

Interjection
en-intj|pos=ta ta for now

1. informal see ya, laters, (less formal version of) au revoir or till we meet again

#* 1974: w:Tigger|Tigger (voiced by w:Paul_Winchell|Paul Winchell) in Unbouncing w:Tigger|Tigger - Well, I gotta go, now! I got a lot of bouncing to do! Hoo-hoo-hoo! TTFN! Ta ta for now!
#*1999: Barbara Buckley Wolf (subscriber to Anglicans Online message board), Ta-ta for now (read at http://memoriam.anglicansonline.org/mamawolf/msg01460.html on 9 May 2006) - Dear All, I'm unsubscribing for a bit.

Synonyms
see ya
laters

See also
TTFN

• 2007-07-05 19:41 - Williamsayers79 - /* Interjection */ pos

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