mabuhayint.
/maˈbuːhʌɪ/, U.S. /məˈbuˌhaɪ/, Philippine English /ˌmɑˈbuˌhɑɪ/ Philippine English.
An exclamation of salutation or greeting: long live ——! good luck (to you)! hurrah! cheers!
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1930 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 19 Sept. 3/4 General Macarthur was given a tremendous send-off... He left amid shouts of ‘Mabuhay’, the tagalog equivalent of ‘viva’.
1941 Rotarian Apr. 49/1 So, as we were wont to say out there, ‘Mabuhay Rotary’, meaning not only ‘Good-by’, but ‘May good fortune attend Rotary.’
1973 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 17 Feb. 2/3 Mrs. Adrian gave the major a big cloth sign which said ‘Mabuhay, Maj. Bob Peel.’
2013 Philippine Panorama 27 Jan. 3/1 We wish them all the best and success in all their endeavors. Congratulations and Mabuhay!
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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int.1930- short week
- short weight
- short while
- short whist
- short wool
- short-acting
- short-arc
- short-arm
- short-arse
- short-arsed
- short-barreled
- short-board
- short-bonneted
- short-breathed
- short-breathing
- short-change
- short-changed
- short-changer
- short-changing
- short-chinned
- short-circuit
- short-circuitage
- short-circuited
- short-circuiting
- short-circuits