I Couldnt Care Less

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1. If a person says, “I couldn’t care less” about something, it means that the amount of care and concern they have about something could not be any less, any lower. This makes sense. Therefore when someone says I could care less, it should mean the opposite, that they are concerned.

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2. Could vs. Couldn't. We define could care less and couldn’t care less on the same page, with the single definition “used to indicate that one is not at all concerned about or interested in something.” We do not put these seemingly disparate idioms on the same page in .

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3. The proper way to express how you don't give a crap about something - you really don't care about something and it's impossible to not care any more. The common but incorrect variant "could care less" (which would technically imply that you do care about something) is widely used because of either a translation mistake into English, or those who blindly use phrases without taking a moment to.

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4. Definition of couldn't care less in the Idioms Dictionary. couldn't care less phrase. What does couldn't care less expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.

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5. Sep 16,  · When you want to colloquially express that you don’t care at all about something, you might say “I couldn’t care less.” This phrase first popped up in British English at the turn of the 20th century and is still popular today. In the s, a controversial American variant of this phase entered popular usage: “I could care less.” Many native English speakers, both in the .

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6. Jan 18,  · "I couldn't care less" means that it's impossible for me to care any less about the subject at hand than I already do. If I say, "I couldn't care less about hockey," I mean that on a scale of one to 10—with 10 suggesting that I'm the most enthusiastic hockey fan this side of Canada, and one meaning I don't give a flip about the sport—I'm a one.

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7. Also, could care evdimitatuledarvasubmerocrigh.co completely indifferent. For example, Pick whatever dessert you want; I couldn't care less, or I could care less about the editor's evdimitatuledarvasubmerocrigh.co expression originated about in Britain and for a time invariably used couldn'evdimitatuledarvasubmerocrigh.co could was occasionally substituted, and today both versions are used with approximately equal frequency, despite their being antonyms.

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8. I came to the U.S. at 8, and was confused by such things as "I could care less", but I noticed it occurred FAR more commonly than "I couldn't care less", at least when I was a kid. In fact only in the last few years have I heard anyone at all voice dismay over what stood out to me like a sore thumb as a kid.

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9. Couldn't care less could care less definition: If you say that you couldn't care less about someone or something, you are emphasizing | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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