c5c6fea75a Not merely a malapropism of the ignorant, when used sensibly, I could care less is probably the more nuanced and sophisticated of the two idioms. Reply OFFICIAL -July 16, 2015 - 4:44 pm Its possible Scia. ASK YOUR QUESTION Archive Select month. Its almost as if the slang has become the official language of the country. Reply agkcrbs -September 25, 2014 - 5:46 am Dictionary.com well understands that pure descriptivism is difficult to find, and impossible in dictionaries, since even the act of language description entails some amount of prescription. Reply TJ -October 7, 2014 - 1:06 pm The second part of your comment threw me off after i could care less, literally. For example; Meer instead of Mirror: Squirl instead of Squirrel: Terr instead of Terror: Horr instead of Horror etc. I couldnt care less needs no reinforcement as a dismissal. nm. Reply jymbro -September 27, 2014 - 9:31 am When I hear someone say I could care less, meaning, they couldnt care less, I always reply, I couldnt!!! Reply C C Ryder -October 1, 2014 - 11:26 am Along the same line, jymbro, I sometimes ask the user, How much?.
:o) Reply Steve -September 24, 2014 - 1:00 pm Why do you have to pick on people from the south? Are you a high and mighty northerner? Steve Florida Cracker. Take the expression head over heels, which makes far less sense than the expression heels over head when you think about the physics of a somersault. That doesnt make it right. However, If the responder chooses to make the effort of stating he/she couldnt care less, this will need to then qualified by the addition of than stating I couldnt care less. Reply esjay -July 5, 2015 - 1:23 pm Oh dear, John. But still implies that the thing in being referred to is terrible, that thats the only worse point of reference they could think of. I could care less, but I simply have no more care to give.
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