The act applying to most Minnesotants while visiting others in which, when one person has to leave, they proceed to talk for another hour, then the departing party is walked to the front door, where they talk for another hour, then the departing party gets walked to their car while the host family talks to them through the car window for an hour, and finally the departing couple SLOWLY departs down the drive, yelling back & forth with the host family.
The couple from Texas was extremely irritated by the Minnesota Goodbye they received while visiting their distant relatives.
by Jordan has Skills July 30, 2006
The improper or silent goodbye. Often resulting in the long goodbye.
It's what you do when...
- You're not getting what you want.
- You're tired of talking.
- You're beautiful.
It's what you do when...
- You're not getting what you want.
- You're tired of talking.
- You're beautiful.
She leaves just silence in her path, a short goodbye, some photographs. I just can’t tell you why I let her break my heart again.
by 5daysofSummer December 30, 2013
a gruesome, slow unnatural death (ie, not from a long illness or something like that); a difficult death, usually involving (prolonged) torture.
I don't know why you died, Goldie. I don't know why and I don't know how. I never even met you before tonight. But you were a friend and more when I needed one. Well I'm gonna find that son of a bitch that killed you and I'm gonna give him the hard goodbye. When I found out who did it it won't be quick and quiet like it was with you. It'll be loud and nasty -- my kind of kill. And when his eyes go dead, the Hell I send him to will seem like Heaven after what I've done to him. I love you Goldie. -- Marv (Sin City)
by merc m misfire September 29, 2005
Standard method of departing a Minnesotan social event or interaction. After a person announces he or she is leaving, person and host proceed to talk for 30 - 60 more minutes in the doorway or parking lot before leaving. Length of time between announcement of departure and actual exit is directly proportional to length of the relationship and inversely proportional to the outdoor air temperature.
Lars: "Well we better head out, great party, though. Awesome beer."
Sven: "Oh fer sure, the beer was home brewed, donchaknow."
*Lars and Sven stand in Erik's foyer and go on a tangent about microbrews for an hour.
Lars: "Oh look at the time, sorry to do a Minnesotan goodbye!"
Sven: "Oh fer sure, the beer was home brewed, donchaknow."
*Lars and Sven stand in Erik's foyer and go on a tangent about microbrews for an hour.
Lars: "Oh look at the time, sorry to do a Minnesotan goodbye!"
by princess lila July 5, 2016
An "Armenian goodbye" is when a group of Armenian friends or family are saying goodbye to each other, but it takes a very long time. These friends or family might even go around and say goodbye to the same person twice or three times before actually leaving. This process can take such a long time because everyone keeps having more conversations as they are saying their goodbye's.
In a situation where friends or family are taking a long time to say goodbye, you might say, "This is such an Armenian goodbye."
by Hyegirl July 30, 2009
by Chilean Goodbye July 25, 2021
A person who will publicly announce their intention to leave a place, whether it be in real life or on the internet, but will not actually leave until enough people have said 'bye' to them. Often, they will re-announce their intention of leaving multiple times.
"Man, Chris, is such a goodbye waiter. I don't know why he needs everyone in the place to acknowledge that he's leaving, he must be insecure about something."
by jsheppar August 23, 2007