# Green Day lyrics:  "Salud"..?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-day-lyrics-salud/263391 "2004-09-06T21:46:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![gyt\_fx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gyt\_fx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gyt_fx)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-day-lyrics-salud/263391/1 "2004-09-06T21:46:02Z")

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What is with the word “Salud” being used in some of Green Day’s lyrics. And what is it’s meaning?

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> Down the hatch  
> And a bad attitude salud
> 
> Live it up on another let down salud
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> Times up when you work like a dog salud

I was under the impression that the word was used in some other songs… but it kind of sounded like “so long” with a weird accent or something, and I think that is what it said in the lyrics…  
But in any search for lyrics to All The Time, you will find Salud in there… so… what is it?

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-day-lyrics-salud/263391/2 "2004-09-06T22:13:44Z")

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Salud’s the Spanish word for health, used as a toast when drinking.

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**Author:** ![gyt\_fx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gyt\_fx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gyt_fx)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-day-lyrics-salud/263391/3 "2004-09-07T05:39:57Z")

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Haha, thank you very much. If I would have waited a little longer I’m sure I’d have learned it this year in Spanish… :smack:

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**Author:** ![gyt\_fx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gyt\_fx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gyt_fx)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-day-lyrics-salud/263391/4 "2004-09-09T04:35:10Z")

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Well actually they must be pronouncing it wrong…  
in spanish it would be pronounced… Sah-lood  
but they pronounce it… Suh-lud

I dunno… 😕