Goodbye Philippines

English

Noun

Goodbye Philippines (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines, pyrotechnics) a type of firecracker that is powerful and dangerous
    • 2011 December 28, Ibarra C. Mateo, “DOH launches 'safest firecracker' for New Year”, in GMA News‎[1]:
      Goodbye Paputok — actually a reproduction of the illegal Goodbye Philippines firecracker that contains a CD recording of the sounds of exploding and lighted firecrackers and fireworks — is part of the DOH's campaign to keep the New Year festivities injury-free.
    • 2016 January 2, Aie Balagtas See, Jocelyn R. Uy, “‘Goodbye Philippines’ kills drunken reveler”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer‎[2]:
      A man so intoxicated he embraced a very powerful firecracker called “Goodbye Philippines” as it was about to explode was the lone fatality in the often riotous pyrotechnics-powered New Year’s Eve celebrations in the country.
    • 2023, Jose Manuel A. Santos, After Dark, Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN:
      The other reach inside the pack he carried and brought out a piece of 'goodbye Philippines'. Rolly shone his light on it. "That's illegal, Doctor."
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