# What is it with “F” names? Goodbye, Felicia. Lighten up, Francis. Friedo Corleone. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338 "2018-03-10T14:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/41 "2018-03-12T01:36:32Z")
[Fiona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlnqRWnOdQs) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/42 "2018-03-12T03:26:28Z")
Could someone please give me a tutorial on the whole “Bye, Felicia” thing? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/43 "2018-03-12T03:31:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Could someone please give me a tutorial on the whole “Bye, Felicia” thing? It’s basically a condescending “BUH BYE!”/we’re done here/get-out-of-my-face sort of expression. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/44 "2018-03-12T05:33:48Z")
I got that much, but it’s about as illuminating as telling me that _”Wasssuuup??!!??!!”_ is a greeting. What’s the history of the term? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/45 "2018-03-12T05:41:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I got that much, but it’s about as illuminating as telling me that _”Wasssuuup??!!??!!”_ is a greeting. What’s the history of the term? [Bye, Felicia](https://www.bustle.com/articles/52505-what-does-bye-felicia-mean-why-are-people-saying-it-all-of-a-sudden) > [@](#): > > You can thank Ice Cube for the phrase. “Bye, Felicia” is a line uttered by the actor in the 1995 flick Friday. Here’s the gist: Felicia (Angela Means-Kaaya) wants to borrow a car. Smokey (Chris Tucker) says no way. Then Felicia wants to borrow a joint. Again, Smokey refuses. To dismiss Felicia, Jones (Ice Cube) waves her off with “Bye, Felicia.” Check out the clip below. However, I have no idea why it became so popular. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/46 "2018-03-12T22:01:15Z")
^^Just to add on to that, in the relatively recent movie Straight Outta Compton, the character of Ice Cube (being played by his real-life son) says it to a girl groupie in the hotel. One of those weird circle of life things, dontcha know… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/47 "2018-03-12T22:04:50Z")
B’s are primitive, e.g. baby, barbarian, babble. The “b” sound is one of the first humans make and this is often given as a reason. M’s, which are linquistically similar to B’s are also primal, retalting to mothers as in mama, maternal and mammary. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/48 "2018-03-12T22:09:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > B’s are primitive, e.g. baby, barbarian, babble. The “b” sound is one of the first humans make and this is often given as a reason. > > M’s, which are linquistically similar to B’s are also primal, retalting to mothers as in mama, maternal and mammary. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/49 "2018-03-13T00:20:28Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Fraser Crane [mock outrage] It’s Frasier. With an “i” It’s _right_ there in the show’s title! [/mock outrage] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/50 "2018-03-13T00:32:15Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > [mock outrage] > It’s Frasier. With an “i” > > It’s _right_ there in the show’s title! > [/mock outrage] > > 😃 Guess I’m not getting that tossed salad and scrambled eggs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/51 "2018-03-14T12:36:21Z")
I blame Tolkien for all those Fs - Faramir, Fëanor, Findis, Finduilas, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Finrod Felagund, Finwë (he started it!), Fíriel. and of course that eternally smackable little Frodo. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338.md?page=2)