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Originally Posted by Bearcat
And several other stupid phrases people say without realizing what they're saying, like "I could care less..."
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Originally Posted by cosmo20002
"I could care less" when the person means "I couldn't care less."  |
That's mine, too. I hate it when people, when corrected, will claim some etymology of the phrase, saying that it was sarcasm or ironic, originally could care less. Nope, it doesn't make sense and no one, at least not the originators, said it in a sarcastic tone like "I could care less... not." Just admit that you heard it used that way and repeated it without thinking about it or are too stubborn to fix it.
I don't correct people, at least not in person, because it's more annoying to be corrected than it was for the mistake to be said, but also because the speaker is often already pissed off. What's the use? They don't fix it and at worst will argue it.