Or that you care too much and should care less, like you're obsessing?
2007-05-04 10:44:40 · 17 answers · asked by I forget 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I think "I could care less" and "I COULDN'T care less" have similar sardonic meanings, although grammatically they're actually opposites, or at least contradictory.
Personally, I prefer the phrase "I couldn't care less" when I'm trying to express contempt for a particular topic. But I know plenty of people who use "I could care less" far more frequently. Perhaps it's a geographical thing, like saying "pop" rather than "soda", etc.
Whatever the reason, I really couldn't care less about it.
2007-05-04 10:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by What the Deuce?! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who say that are usually saying it wrong. They mean, "I could NOT care less", meaning they don't care at all and nothing means any less to them. I hate when people say, "I could care less" since that would mean they do care somewhat.
Everyone is used to saying it fast so it comes out as "I could care less"
2007-05-04 17:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, most people say that wrong. It should be said : " I couldn't care less." In other words, you are saying it's impossible to care any less about the subject at hand than you already do.
2007-05-04 17:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by The Count 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was more accurately "I couldn't care less" and has sort of mutated into the "I could care less" over time. I think that the "I could care less" version is meant to imply the same thing as more grammatically correct version.
2007-05-04 17:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by answergirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means I don't care about that problem or issue what have you. I could care less about that, then about what I had for lunch.
2007-05-04 18:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by AV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People mean to say "I COULD NOT care less." It's a misunderstanding of an older figure of speech.
Peace
2007-05-04 17:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is actually a misquote. It should be "I couldn't care less". Meaning that you do not care at all or you care so liitle that it would be impossible to care less.
2007-05-04 17:50:48 · answer #7 · answered by Glenn N 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have often times wondered the exact same thing so I started saying I could care more
2007-05-04 17:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by Want Cash 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it means that i dont care at all and i still have the ability to care less because the information presented was so dull
2007-05-04 17:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by taxi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a mispronounciation of I could'nt care less.
2007-05-04 17:49:09 · answer #10 · answered by licorasy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋