# I could care less....

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-care-less/86006 "2001-10-07T23:29:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-care-less/86006/10 "2001-10-08T02:12:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Quirm \*  
> Um, does this not mean that you **do** care?
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> What happened to “I **couldn’t** care less”?  
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I think Glenoled has it right.

It’s not as bad when people say things like “I am literally going insane” when they mean “figuratively”. Or using made up words like supposably.

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