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THE MOST ANNOYING FAREWELL GREETINGS OF YORE (WE FAX!)

I don't know about you, but here at the editorial office, it was screaming again this morning. This time it was about old-fashioned filler words and farewell phrases/slang expressions. So hopelessly outdated that it's almost fun again. Here they come.

1. Number one: ‘we fax!’ Was mainly used by fast guys. Or at least by guys who thought they were fast. I also wonder if they had a fax machine.

2. ‘Unbelievably bye’, also a popular one. Was used by everyone in high school and (unfortunately) some continued to say it afterwards.

3. ‘Mazzelll’ was really something for boys who thought they were cool and to be fair: some were actually quite cool.

4. ‘Laterz’ actually has a bit of the same status as ‘mazzel’ and was especially favored by quite cool people. Although it was of course very sensitive. One week you could still say it, the next week you couldn't anymore. And then you were the loser, you know. Or the victim.

5. ‘Toppie joppie’, another cheerful one. You said this when you finally had a computer/beast in the media room free. Or when someone found your floppy disk. Oh, how nice. Toppie joppie, you found my floppy!

6. ‘Toedeledokie’ was mainly said when you really didn't feel like something, for example when your sister wanted to borrow your new summer dress. And some said it of course when they were leaving somewhere. But those were really strange people, you know. Strange people.

”And some said it of course when they were leaving somewhere”

7. ‘Aju paraplu!’ Well, you said that too when you really didn't feel like something. Take a sister who wanted to borrow your new spaghetti strap top. Or your new top 40 CD. Or well, your new Aprilia scooter.

8. ‘The balls!’ That was said by the boys who were really cool. And girls who wanted to be one of the guys said it too.

9. ‘See you later alligator!’ I must say: it was actually quite a problem, you know, when you said this.

10. By the way, the people who then replied ‘For a while crocodile’ were also a bit off.

11. ‘Toedels.’ Muhahaha, this was what your mom said when you were biking out of the street. Or when you had called and were about to hang up. And your phone actually still had a cord, which you would wrap around your fingers and arm when you were calling.

12. ‘Big bye!’ That was what your drunk uncle said at the family gathering (when leaving).

13. ‘Coolio’. This was mainly something for girls. Especially when something had come completely for the baker (HAHA). I say: nothing wrong with that. This is vintage. This is gold. And if you think I'm the only one, our Josselin agrees with me. She regularly uses the word ‘coolio’ in her book. Project Pep.

I'm sure I've forgotten a billion, so feel free to add more!