Ciao

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IN: Goodbye (Italian expression adopted by jet-setters in the 70s; sometimes spessed "chow" by non-Italian speaking Geneseo lexicographers). F92 ciao (IN) - Falling out of use. Less than 22% of those surveyed cited hearing the term more than never. Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Fall 1998 Simmington Ciao (IN): goodbye. Definition of approximately 72% of those surveyed. (F06) Unknown by approximately 28% of those surveyed.

This entry originally created by K Simmington and D McGiverson, 2006.

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Based on survey results, 40% of participants could define the word, 40% had never heard of it, and 20% have heard of it, but could not define (J Costello, A-F, 2019).

Posted by jbc9 at Apr 07, 2019 21:01

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