See you later, alligator

See you later, alligator,

and Later, alligator.

Inf. Good-bye. (Sometimes the reply is After while(, crocodile.)) Bob: See you later, alligator. Jane: After while, crocodile. Bob: Bye, Tom. Tom: See you later, alligator. Bob: Later.

See you later, alligator

interj. Good-bye. (From the 1930s. Answered with After while, crocodile.) TOM: Bye. BILL: See you later, alligator. BILL: See you later, alligator. TOM: After while, crocodile.

See you later, alligator

Bye! The title of a 1950s rock-'n'-roll smash hit by Bill Haley and His Comets, the phrase was already in use, especially in the South. For a decade or more, hep/hip/with-it cats and chicks ended conversations with the phrase. The standard reply was the song's next line: “after a while, crocodile.”

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mabel	MAY-bəl	English
Shelagh	SHEE-lə	English (Rare)
Antje	AHN-tyə	Frisian, Dutch, Low German
Randa	-	Arabic
Ernestine	['ə:nəsti:n]
Keir	-	Scottish, English (Rare)