Meaning of see you in the funny papers | Babel Free

Definitions

Goodbye; see you later.

US, dated, humorous, informal

Examples

“Bye, Bye, I'll see you in the funny papers. See?”

“I'll see you in the funny paper.”

“"S'long!" he waved brightly. "See you in the funny papers …"”

“"I'll see you in the funny papers." This is the remark that Alice White passed to Arthur Lake on the beach near Los Angeles last summer. It was a bit of current slang, but Alice little dreamed it would come true. But it has. A few months later Arthur was assigned to play the title role in First National Pictures' screen version of the famous funny paper comic, "Harold Teen." Miss White was given the role of Giggles in the picture.”

“[T]a-ta see you in the funnypaper”

“Well, I'll see you in the funny papers, and by that I mean the Alumni office at two tomorrow afternoon.”

“Though [Russell] Myers puns a lot, it was interesting to note that when he said goodbye, he did not tack on the quip, "see you in the funny papers." He probably knows that everyone would.”

“Just before leaving my room, after tucking me into bed, my dad would turn off the light and say, "See you in the funny papers." Somehow, even though I was just a little kid … he knew.”

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