Where is bye felicia from

It is the nature of a Felicia to return, again and again, irrepressible. I am virus free! And in order to do that, I need an antibody test. So… there ya go. Thank you again to the docs and the nurses on the frontlines doing the real work. We've Added New Words! Bye Felicia is a slang way of dismissing someone.

While smoking a joint with his friend Smokey, Craig is approached by Felisha, a local girl who constantly annoys the neighborhood with her attempts to mooch off others. Bye Felicia is considered by some to be an example of white culture appropriating Black culture, often with little knowledge of the original source material.

In Straight Outta Compton, there is a scene that was initially thought to be a depiction of the bye, Felicia origins.

Anyone else get the 'Friday' reference in F. Per PinkNews , the use of "Bye Felicia" started in the early s. While it is a very specific reference — from a specific star in a specific film — it's hard to determine who exactly took the movie line and made it a pop culture staple though we know the Black community owns the origins of the phrase, along with many other slang terms. Though, if we're being honest, despite the words being born in more on that below , the use of "Bye Felicia" in a pop culture context didn't begin until the 21st century, PinkNews reported.

How did the phrase originally begin? 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. Of course, the film came out in , long before YouTube or Twitter was even a thing.