Is "またまた" actually used by anyone in Japan to mean "bye" or "see you later"?


For years I have been saying "またまた" for "see you" to Japanese people I meet.
Well at least half the time, since I also often say "またね".

But only tonight for the first time did anybody pick me up on it and tell me
it's not right! I arrived yesterday in Okinawa for the first time.

So I know a more "proper" way to say it is "じゃあまた" and considered "またね" as a
bit more informal. I had always thought I picked up "またまた" from a backpacker I
met either at home in Australia or in a hostel in some third country. Possibly
even from staff in a hostel in Japan.

So is it something I just imagined or made up myself? Or is it actually used
as slang by young people in some part of Japan?




またまた is a word, but as far as I know never used in the sense of "see you
later", which, as you know, would be (じゃあ)またね.

(またまた means something like "yet again", e.g. またまた驚かされた "you surprised me yet
again".)

