чао-какао. gen.

[hallo there]

Hallo there,

I have come across the expression 'чао-какао.' I know it is a humorous way of saying 'good-bye.' But what has 'cacao' got to do with it? Is it something like rhyming slang?

[Lonely Knight]

just rhyming slang, I believe; never thought of the origin...
"чао" is surely Italian "ciao", but at the same time it's close to "чай"
("tea"), so rhyming it with "какао" (another kind of drink) is pretty straightforward, i'd say...

[Монги]

dates back to 1970s when there was a certain shortage of both tea and cocoa (used to prepare a sort of hot chocolate) in the Soviet Union. Quite a bit of meta in this humorous "good-bye".

[hallo there]

I see. That makes sense. Thank you.

[Cactu$]

See ya later alligata

[Анна Ф]

=bye bye
in an informal situation

funny, but there are cafes with the similar name
and memes
https://9gag.com/gag/6923888/ciao-cacao

https://www.google.ru/search?q=memes+ciao+cacao&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj00cOJ3vbTAhUC2SwKHek9AzIQ_AUICigB&biw=1517&bih=735

[4uzhoj]

Cactu$ +1

[Alexander Oshis]

Монги, I beg to differ. Никакого метатекста или подтекста там не было. Просто шутливая форма прощания.

[d.]

AO +1
Монгам не доставалось какавы в детстве ;(

[интровверт]

просто присказка, без глубокой идеи +++
т.е. как в 17.05.2017 11:40

[Светослав Кирилов]

Pretty much the same rhyming as used in Spanish 'chao pescao'.
(I don't think there has ever been any lack of fish in Spain.)

[redseasnorkel]

"привет от старых штиблет", - как говорила моя бабушка

[Монги]

17.05.2017 21:03

so true, so very true...

:(

[heysartre]

see you later, alligator!

bye-bye, butterfly!

See you soon, raccoon!

So long, King Kong!

Take care, polar bear!

[Dmitry G]

А вот пример того, как происходит трансформация старых фольклорных изречений в современных, так сказать, мультикультурных условиях:

Shit-shit, по верёвочке бежит

[Oleg Sollogub]

See you later, alligator
After while, crocodile

[Alexander Oshis]

/"привет от старых штиблет", - как говорила моя бабушка /

О! Точно! Было такое. Спасибо, что напомнили. Займёмся реинтродукцией :) :)

[edasi]

здорОво
я бык а ты корова

превед медвед

[heysartre]

Goodbye, sweet pie!