nice knowing you
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ellipsis of "it has been nice knowing you" or "it was nice knowing you."
Phrase
[edit]- A farewell for when the speaker thinks or knows that they will never see the recipient again; goodbye forever.
- Well, nice knowing you, but I gotta head home. Take care of yourself out there.
- (euphemistic) A farewell to someone the speaker is about to kill or to/from someone who will soon die.
- 2024 May 9, SMii7Y, 9:40 from the start, in We Played The Weird Steam Game Again[1], spoken by Soup:
- Been nice knowing you, guys...