I Could Care Less.

Englishman

No no no!

The correct expression is I couldn't care less.

The idea is that you are trying to inpart total disinterest in what your opponent is trying to say. So, you are so disinterested that you say I couldn't care less! It's impossible for me to care any less because I'm already at maximum non caring. In other words, nothing you can say will make one iota of difference.

If you say that you could care less, you've admitted to your opponent that they have the power to still affect you. You can still be manouvered into caring less than you do now.

Englishman, on one.

StinkyPantz

OMG Eman, that has always bothered me!! Thank you .

franklin J

we Americans have our own colloquial expressions....

And we on Long Island our own jargon....

thank you, Mike, for the "official" British rendition of meaning.

patio34

Ha, Mike, I came onto this thread because

To see what was bothering you.
To see how much it had to bother you until you couldn't care less, lol.

Cheers,

Pat

Simon

Yes, that bothers me too ... although I've always managed to hold of shaking someone violently while screaming "listen to what you are saying!!" in their face.