Lator (v.)

In response to a comment left on the previous post:

The term "lator" is actually a twenty-first century colloquial abbreviation derived from the phrase "See you later, alligator." The phrase is most often employed when an adult (defined as one who finds it interesting to overuse the phrase in the name of "cute" or "funny") is saying his/her farewell to a much younger child (often defined as one who once found such a phrase as hilarious, but now simply puts up with it to appease said adult). The stress is found on the "o" in the word (pronounced lay-TORE), and is often followed by the phrase "After a while, crocodile!" The phrases, combined, hold humor due to the fact that alligators and crocodiles are closely related, divided only by the continents on which they are found. (For "lator" see illustration below).



Of course, when used as a proper noun, LaTor, the word holds a completely different meaning altogether.