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give a fuck (third-person singular simple present gives a fuck, present participle giving a fuck, simple past gave a fuck, past participle given a fuck)
- (idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) To care; to give a shit.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:care
The committee doesn't give a fuck about this issue, but you know what, I give a fuck!
1992, “I Don’t Give a Fuck”, Tupac Amaru Shakur (music):I don't give a fuck/They done pushed me to my limit, I'm all in/I might blow up any minute, did it again
2010, “The Pope Song”, Tim Minchin (music):And I don't give a fuck if calling the pope a motherfucker / means you unthinkingly brand me an unthinking apostate.
2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Retirement Plans”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 15, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:We did some very rough estimates, and, with 35 employees contributing just $6,000 a year, after 30 years, half a percent could add up to roughly a million dollars! That number was so high you’ll never guess what happened: Janice in accounting actually gave a fuck! I’m serious! She’s a changed woman now!
2023 November 11, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aline Brosh McKenna, “When will I start caring less about everything?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:Aline Brosh McKenna, one of the creators of The CW TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, told a reporter in 2020: “I often say, ‘Lord, give me the moxie of a post-menopausal women who gives absolutely no fucks.’”
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