Ok, I am clueless: what did Robin Robert's "Bye Felicia" comment re: Omarosa mean?

[hlthe2b]

I know there must be a cultural reference I've missed, but....?

[dhol82]

1. Here is a good explanation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye,_Felicia

[hlthe2b]

3. thanks... I would never have figured that one out. LOL

[NewJeffCT]

8. I think the scene in question

was where Ice Cube's movie girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend, was named Felisha and when she "lost" her public argument with him, he gave her a sarcastic "Bye Felisha" as she left. (My memory is probably hazy on this...)

I never saw the movie, but I had wondered the same thing a year or so back and found that video on youtube.

[Caliman73]

17. Actually it was the neighbor.

Felisha was the sister of the cute neighbor that Cube's character was interested in. Felisha is a druggie and is always asking people for money or something else. She happened upon Cube's character Craig and his friend Smokey, played by Chris Tucker who were sitting on Craig's porch and was asking them for weed. She first asked Smokey, then turned to Craig who immediately and without looking at her said, "Bye Felisha"

[BannonsLiver]

19. Yes, he wrote it into Friday

But if you've seen the NWA biopic movie that was out 2 years ago, the origins of Felicia are covered hilariously.

[writes3000]

2. Here

https://www.bustle.com/articles/52505-what-does-bye-felicia-mean-why-are-people-saying-it-all-of-a-sudden

[hlthe2b]

4. Since i'm not on twitter, I've missed this... Thanks...

[blue cat]

5. It means

To get out of your face.

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.

[hlthe2b]

6. Perfect.. I do love Robin Roberts. ;)

[demmiblue]

7. For those who missed it:

Link to tweet

[WhiteTara]

9. Now that delivery was perfect!

[ecstatic]

18. Perfect! Lol! nt

[Hortensis]

10. Me too and thanks for asking and answering. I read an article

recently that required me to look up several terms our kids haven't been using. They used to be helpful in keeping us exposed that way, but their generation is apparently aging out of the new language years now.

Not that I'd tell them they were no longer "cool," of course, even though that term is apparently peculiarly still "in." Who'da guessed. I'm sure its originators in smoky jazz clubs would have been extremely displeased to know it would someday be used by everyone from children to centenarians of all backgrounds, including people who use smiles, the very antithesis of their cool, but then they're not exactly spring chickens themselves these days.

[a kennedy]

11. and if I remember, Keith Olbermann used to say that on his TV show as well.

and here's another one:

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/bye-felicia-olbermann-bids-scaramucci-farewell-as-he-returns-to-the-bilge-water-he-came-from/

[snooper2]

12. I doubt anybody on DU besides myself has actually watched the movie "Friday"

best line from this scene is - You need to borrow a job with your broke ass

[Dr Hobbitstein]

13. How you gonna get fired on your day off?

Classic.

Did you happen to see Straight Outta Compton? They reprised the quote in that film.

[snooper2]

15. yep, I caught that watching it the first time in the theatre

[hlthe2b]

16. LOL

[SweetieD]

14. Basically means gtfo.