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so long, and thanks for all the fish en · X

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From the title of a 1984 comic novel by Douglas Adams, in which it is the last message left by dolphins for humankind before escaping a doomed Earth.

Meanings

1. (humorous) Goodbye, farewell.
   • I pursed my lips and blew a kiss out into the New York air to mingle with the cab fumes. 'So long, and thanks for all the fish, beautiful, beautiful New York.' 2008, Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple, Sydney, N.S.W.: Hachette Livre Australia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 314:
   • So long and thanks for all the fish (I don't even know what that means but I heard it somewhere once and it feels right). Yours sincerely, Tuesday Cooper 2015, Elanor Wood, My Secret Rockstar Boyfriend, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 266:
   • When it was at last time to push off, he and his companion shook our hands and wished us luck, and by way of saying so long and thanks for all the fish, I gave each of them the postcards we'd had printed back in the UK 2005, Paul Grogan, Barbed Wire & Babushaks: A River Odyssey Across Siberia, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:
   • […] Templates” badge, which you can request by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope filled with 100 dollar bills to me directly. Please allow 52-104 weeks for processing and delivery. That's all there is. So long and thanks for all the fish. 2007, Zac Woodall, The Rational Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2007 Templates, Rollinsford, NH: Mann Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247:
   • I lived my life, people, and I expect you to live yours. So long, and thanks for all the fish! 2013, Chris Kluwe, Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities, New York: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:

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wikipedia: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish · wikipedia: Douglas Adams