Talk:1576: I Could Care Less

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Another excellent comic by Randall. In case of interest to anyone a different perspective, David Mitchell did a wonder rant on this... "Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw ‎141.101.98.100 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) The only people who complain about this phrase are pedantic morons who have never heard such things as "head over heels".

Here, I've composed a list of common vernacular/slang idioms which are valid, clear, and diametrically opposed to their original meaning:

  • "Head over heels"
  • "Break a leg"
  • "It's the shit"
  • "That's bad"
  • "She's phat"
  • "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
  • "Irregardless"

'I couldn't care less' is the standard formulation in the UK, for one. I always assumed that the US version was originally a variant on this which was later contracted, eg 'I could care less, but not much'.141.101.99.106 07:10, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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