nanu-nanu

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Etymology[edit]

From the 1978 US television show Mork & Mindy, where it was used as an alien greeting. Originally said by Oscar-Jack Klugman on "The Odd Couple" in the episode "Psychic, Shmychic" in 1972. from Sanskrit; nanu surely (nanu; vocative particle, implying kindness or reproach or perplexity)

Interjection[edit]

nanu-nanu

  1. (fandom slang) hello
  2. (fandom slang) goodbye

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nanu-nanu.

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