TTFN
Ta Ta For Now
TRANSLATION
TTFN (ta ta for now) = Tschüss!, Auf Wiedersehen! (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX TTFN: approximately 500,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
British radio broadcast legend Jimmy Young, famous for peppering his performances with catchphrases such as 'TTFN' and 'Orf we jolly well go', has maintained a record of interviewing every serving Prime Minister on his show since it began in 1973. It attracts around 5.3 million listeners.
(adapted from The Daily Mail)
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T-T-F-N. Ta-ta for now!
- Tigger’s (Winnie the Pooh’s friend) parting line.
(adapted from The Daily Mail)
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T-T-F-N. Ta-ta for now!
- Tigger’s (Winnie the Pooh’s friend) parting line.
Did you
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TTFN
acronym
- Internet abbreviation for ta-ta for now: a way of saying goodbye at the end of an email
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
TTFN, an acronym for "ta-ta-for now" came to prominence in the UK during the Second World War as a colloquial farewell. It was popularised by the weekly radio comedy ITMA, which featured a group of regular characters who specialised in catch phrases. TTFN was the hallmark of the office cleaning lady Mrs. Mopp.
British interviewer and broadcaster Jimmy Young, who adopted the phrase for his show, is also credited with spreading TTFN.
American ventriloquist and actor Paul Winchell improvised the redundant phrase "TTFN, Ta Ta For Now!" as a signature phrase for the character Tigger in the Disney films based on A. A. Milne's book, The House at Pooh Corner.
The phrase was also used regularly in the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses and in various U.S. television programs including "Batman" and "The Simpsons".
TTFN is now an ingrained part of Internetese, a style of writing prevalent in Web sites, e-mail messages, and online chat rooms (Wordspy). Other examples of digispeak are:
LOL – laughing out loud
ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing
IMHO – in my humble opinion
CUL8R – see you later
BRB – be right back
PRW – parents are watching
WAG – wild ass guess
SWAG – scientific wild ass guess
2DAY, 2MOR, 2NITE – today, tomorrow, tonight
TIC – tongue in cheek
THX - thanks
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Sorry mate, but I have to go now. I have a meeting in a couple of minutes. We’ll chat later. TTFN!"
acronym
- Internet abbreviation for ta-ta for now: a way of saying goodbye at the end of an email
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
TTFN, an acronym for "ta-ta-for now" came to prominence in the UK during the Second World War as a colloquial farewell. It was popularised by the weekly radio comedy ITMA, which featured a group of regular characters who specialised in catch phrases. TTFN was the hallmark of the office cleaning lady Mrs. Mopp.
British interviewer and broadcaster Jimmy Young, who adopted the phrase for his show, is also credited with spreading TTFN.
American ventriloquist and actor Paul Winchell improvised the redundant phrase "TTFN, Ta Ta For Now!" as a signature phrase for the character Tigger in the Disney films based on A. A. Milne's book, The House at Pooh Corner.
The phrase was also used regularly in the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses and in various U.S. television programs including "Batman" and "The Simpsons".
TTFN is now an ingrained part of Internetese, a style of writing prevalent in Web sites, e-mail messages, and online chat rooms (Wordspy). Other examples of digispeak are:
LOL – laughing out loud
ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing
IMHO – in my humble opinion
CUL8R – see you later
BRB – be right back
PRW – parents are watching
WAG – wild ass guess
SWAG – scientific wild ass guess
2DAY, 2MOR, 2NITE – today, tomorrow, tonight
TIC – tongue in cheek
THX - thanks
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Sorry mate, but I have to go now. I have a meeting in a couple of minutes. We’ll chat later. TTFN!"
