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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Audi (5000) phr.

also outtie 5000

[pron. of Audi, an upscale automobile (the Audi 5000 is a favoured model), as outie adv.]

(US black/teen) a general phr. of farewell; good bye, see you etc.

1989		LL Cool J ‘Droppin Em’ 🎵 Yo, year 2000, ya nahmsayin? Audi, man.
1989		EPMD ‘Jane II’ 🎵 Peace, I’m Audi 5000.
1995		L. Stavsky et al. A2Z 3: audi, audi 5000 – goodbye: I’m out of here: I’m audi, man.
1997–2000		Da Bomb 🌐 1: Audi 5000: Reference to a car, means leave; out of here.
2002		Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 outtie 5000 n. (derived from ‘outa here’ mixed with the car the Audi 5000) A saying conveying that a person is about to depart. As if to say ‘time to leave!’ ‘Jesse ... we’re outtie 5000!’ Some shorten it and just say ‘5000!’.
2002		‘Touré’ Portable Promised Land (ms.) 157: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] The 411. A 187. I’m 730. Audi 5000.
2011		Bad Meets Evil ‘Lighters’ 🎵 By the time you hear this, I’d probably already be Audi.