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the bye-bye loop
noun phrase
/thuh-by-by-loop/
Definition
The agonizing inability of two British people to cleanly terminate a telephone conversation without saying farewell six times.
In use
“We got stuck in the bye-bye loop for a solid ten seconds before I hung up.”
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Language
- Language form
- noun phrase
- Pronunciation
- /thuh-by-by-loop/
Classification
- Life domain
- Digital life & media
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