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Latin
Etymology
Literally, “I do not make it to be worth a trifle”. Floccī is the genitive singular of floccus (“wisp, trifle”), acting as a “genitive of value”.
Pronunciation
Phrase
floccī nōn faciō
- (idiomatic) I don't care; I don't give a damn (about); I don't give a fuck; I don't give a flying fuck; I don't give a shit; I don't give a rat's ass.
106 BCE – 43 BCE,
Cicero,
Letters to Atticus 4.15.4:
- ex quo intellectum est τρισαρειοπαγίτας ambitum, comitia, interregnum, maiestatem, totam denique rem publicam flocci non facere
- From which I understand that the three-times-Areopagites don’t give a damn about bribery, the comitia, the interregnum, lèse majesté, or for that matter the entire commonwealth
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