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Jason Cooper is, professionally, an Online Community Coordinator for kaboom.org. Personally, he is a Detroit to DC transplant, and all around B.M.F. He secretly wants to be an internet celebrity.

July 28, 2008 8:06 pm

Shannon and I have started doing this too

Irish goodbye is a slang term with its origins in the Irish-American neighborhoods of New York City and Boston. The term refers to the practice of inconspicuously leaving a place where one has gathered with friends (usually for quite some time) without ever formally announcing that one is leaving. Note that an Irish goodbye requires a conscious decision by the person to leave without bidding adieu. It is a decision that reflects the leaver’s dislike of making himself the center of attention and an austere disdain for showy and perhaps empty formalities. The Irish goodbye also allows a person to disappear from a function with the utmost expediency without spending extra time on “thank-yous” etc. (from Wikipedia)

We don’t want to make a fuss and sometimes it’s just easier.

  1. lineara reblogged this from unicornology
  2. conorh reblogged this from wolfandfox and added:
    Aha. It’s because I’m Irish. Good to know. wolfandfox:
  3. cemeterryskates reblogged this from superdoofus-stratodrive and added:
    I never knew there was a name for this but it’s the only way I operate. I used to feel guilty but then I realized that...
  4. rackattack reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    My boss does this all the time and it’s awesome. I love watching her sneak out of functions, thinking, “One day, that’ll...
  5. unicornology reblogged this from lapetitefigue
  6. ciwi reblogged this from superdoofus-stratodrive and added:
    I know this term comes from Irish-Americans but being Irish, and living in Ireland, I can tell you that people here like...
  7. superdoofus-stratodrive reblogged this from onemoretimewithfeeling and added:
    shit, i do this all the time. it’s the only way to bounce from a wounded scene sometimes. and if i don’t bounce, i’ll...
  8. wolfandfox reblogged this from bunkercomplex and added:
    discuss in therapy.
  9. yumwatch reblogged this from bunkercomplex and added:
    OH HOLY SHIT there’s an actual NAME for this?...frequently and in fact prefer it to...
  10. kristopherbel reblogged this from bunkercomplex
  11. bunkercomplex reblogged this from hud and added:
    have this option at most parties/gatherings, but my culture...superfluous goodbyes....
  12. madthoughts reblogged this from onemoretimewithfeeling and added:
    sometimes it’s just easier.
  13. elizabethanne reblogged this from emilyposts
  14. jamierwatson reblogged this from kathlellen and added:
    I so want to do this when I leave on the 13th… Then re-appear just as quietly. Which would probably be unfair on my...
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  17. ineedtoo reblogged this from emilyposts and added:
    i’m totally not even irish...now, i’ll blame...on the green...
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  19. onemoretimewithfeeling reblogged this from aprilini and added:
    I’m the same way. I usually say goodbye, and then leave, everyone else says goodbye and then lingers for 20 minutes....
  20. aprilini reblogged this from hud and added:
    start doing this. Because when I’m ready...go, I’m ready to GO. Stading around
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