t.t.f.n., phr. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

t.t.f.n. phr.

[ta-ta for now, orig. created and popularized on comedian Tommy Handley’s BBC Radio show ITMA (It’s That Man Again, 1939–49). Dorothy Summers, as ‘Mrs Mopp’ (the comic charlady) actually used the phr., which was revived by BBC Radio 2 disc jockey Jimmy Young (b.1923)]

goodbye.

1944

195019601970198019902000

2003

1944		A. Morrison letter 22 Feb. in Morrison Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002) 93: TTFN. DILY. DDYLM.
1998		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 10: t.t.f.n. – good bye.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.