"TTFN" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: In 1939, initialisms, previously rarely used except by the military, were heard more frequently by the British public. ITMA satirised them by coining TTFN, a "pointless" initialism (no easier to say than the phrase on which it was based) to use as a catchphrase, which became widely repeated in the UK. Thirty years later, American ventriloquist Paul Winchell, following the suggestion of his third wife, Jean Freeman, who was British, improvised it as a signature phrase for the (originally British) character Tigger in the Disney films based on A. A. Milne's book The House at Pooh Corner. This, in a world now accustomed to them, popularised worldwide a word originally coined to make fun of initialisms. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TTFN
  1. Initialism of ta ta for now; goodbye Wikipedia link: TTFN Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ta ta for now (extra: goodbye) Categories (topical): Farewells Synonyms: TT4N

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