Except that "I could care less" still makes sense as a saying, just a different meaning. It's for when you have a tiny little bit of caring, but not much. For example, a tv show you watched a couple times and moderately enjoyed gets cancelled. You care very slightly. You could care less, but not much.lumenadducere said:
The term cracker in the American lexicon is a reference to a white person who could be a descendant of a slave owner. Slave owners used whips, and they would crack the whip. A cracker would be someone who cracks the whip.Jaythulhu said:
The only rule that has no exceptions is that there's a exception to every rule. That would be the rule they're proving.Queen Michael said:
This one doesn't work outside of a face to face meeting, where one can actually imply where here is with their hand.Pyroguekenesis said:
Back in the Depression bars had to entice customers with the promise of a free lunch - but the cost of the lunch was of course subsidised by the beer the depressed punters drank once inside. The idea is that there's always a catch somewhere.Griffolion said:
You might want to talk to the people at Random House [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swagger?show=1&t=1309261116] about that.Iconsting said:
No, it isn't. I could care less could be any amount of caring >0. You could care a great deal and care less, or you could care a tiny bit and care less. It's a saying that only tells us that you do care about something, but not how much you care.Ironic Pirate said:
hotcakes are pancakes, and we 'mericans do love our pancakes!Dango said:
In all honesty i can grasp the meaning of most sayings.
Even so. Had enough of what? How did it get up to there? Everyone knows what it means and accepts it but even so it's gibberish.vxicepickxv said:
I smell a summer (user of 4chan) .Kimarous said:
But it's so much more fun (and a hell of a lot more efficient) to fight fires with high-velocity explosives.Kakulukia said:
