nice knowing you

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English

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Etymology

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Ellipsis of "it has been nice knowing you" or "it was nice knowing you."

Phrase

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nice knowing you

  1. A farewell for when the speaker thinks or knows that they will never see the recipient again; goodbye forever.
    Well, nice knowing you, but I gotta head home. Take care of yourself out there.
    1. (euphemistic) A farewell to someone the speaker is about to kill or to/from someone who will soon die.
      • 2024 May 9, SMii7Y, 9:40 from the start, in We Played The Weird Steam Game Again[1], spoken by Soup:
        Been nice knowing you, guys...