konbachiwa??
 

Hi! I'm going to attempt to ask my question in Japanese...　If there's anything that sounds incorrect, please fix it for me!

最近、「こんばちわ」っていう言葉をよく目にします。 それって「こんばんは」と「こんにちは」の略語ですか 。意味は同じですか。

And since I probably made a mistake in my question: "Recently, I've been seeing the phrase "konbachiwa".. is this some abbreviation of konbanwa and konnichiwa? Does it mean the same thing?"

Thanks in advance! :D

I just did a Google search. I've never seent his before, but I'd say yeah, you're right. I found some other mentions of おはこんばちは and おはこんばんちは and the absolutely atrocious こんばちわ.

It is highly unlikely that it is anything other than a portmanteau of こんにちは and こんばんは (and also おはよう).