# It's "never mind", not "nevermind"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 3, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249 "2008-07-03T23:45:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249/61 "2008-07-06T23:22:19Z")

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I’m really going to enjoy thisboard.  
[SUB]Once it becomes free-to-post, that is.[/SUB]

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249/62 "2008-07-07T01:55:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
How do we feel about “sumbitch” for “sonuvabitch”?  
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I’m fixin’ to be a sumbitch right now. Just try and stop me.

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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249/63 "2008-07-07T17:40:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Usram]  
No it wasn’t , I said “obscure dictonary entries”. An entry in a mainstream dictionary can still be obscure.  
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Isn’t that supposed to be main stream?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249/64 "2008-07-08T02:53:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Emily Litella]  
Isn’t that supposed to be main stream?  
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Only when talking about rivers.

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-never-mind-not-nevermind/455249/65 "2008-07-08T11:57:28Z")

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[QUOTE=cricetus]  
So is anyone going to float us a clue on the cryptic south/settlement thing?  
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Or, failing that, perhaps tell us what 14 k of g in a p f d might mean?

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