Bumbye
/BUM-bye/
Later. By and by. Eventually. Or else.
From "by and by." Means later or eventually. But "bumbye" also carries a warning: "Bumbye you learn" means "eventually you'll learn your lesson the hard way." Classic usage from parents to kids: "Bumbye, no cry to me." (Later, don't come crying to me.)
Examples
- Catch you bon bye. (Catch you later.)
- Bumbye you learn. (You'll learn eventually.)
- Bumbai false crack medivac. (Later you'll get smacked and need medevac.)
Origin
Pidgin English
Alternate spellings
Bumby, Bum bye, Bum-by, Bumbai, Bumbuy, Bum by, Bon bye, Bumbai you learn
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