when people say i could care less, does it mean they care and think they should not care but they or...or does it mean they don't care at all?!?! because i would think when they say i couldn't care less would be they don't care at al...i was just windering, so can you please help me understand this?! thanks a million! <3
2007-11-11 14:04:15 · 21 answers · asked by BeachBound... 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
nobody told me this is was just thinking about it. because i always say I COULDN"T care less...and i always wondered why people say i could care less...it just didn't make sence to me!! hahah YES! i've been right all along! YEAH!!
2007-11-11 14:21:32 · update #1
I think a lot of people actually mean to say "I couldn't care less" but instead they say "I could care less". I couldn't care less means they just don't care at all. I could care less would mean, someone must have cared a little because there is a chance to care less. It's a bit confusing. :)
2007-11-11 14:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by michelle A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, when a person says" I could care less" he or she is not interested in the subject or giving you an answer or just totally indifferent to become involved. Sometimes it is a way of covering ignorance when asked a question to which he /she doesn't know the answer.
2007-11-11 22:13:32 · answer #2 · answered by googie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct thing to say is, "I couldn't care less." However, many people have a tendency to let words fall out of their heads without thinking. Thus, the saying has degenerated to the incorrect form, "I could care less."
2007-11-11 22:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means they're being lazy in speech. The actual phrase is, "I couldn't care less," meaning "I care so little (about the subject being discussed) that it is not possible for me to care less about it than I already do."
2007-11-11 22:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by amy02 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a sarcastic phrase because when some one says "i could care less" it means they don't really give much into the matter.
2007-11-11 22:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To care less, means to care less. Opposite of care more.
2007-11-11 22:08:00 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Louisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The are mis-using the phrase. They SHOULD say, "I couldn't care less. " That makes sense, because it means they care very very little. When they say, "I could care less," they are not making correct sense. Unless they really mean, "I could care less, but I don't care, so who cares?" LOL
2007-11-11 22:07:42 · answer #7 · answered by mymacman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"i couldn't care less" means they don't care because they don't care to the lowest level so they couldn't care LESS. get it? it's kind of confusing, i'm not sure how to explain it but basically the person doesn't care
2007-11-11 22:08:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say whoever said that meant it because obviously they could care less about what was being said to them
2007-11-11 22:08:26 · answer #9 · answered by Dennis M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most folks mean "I couldnt care less" as in I just dont give a crap one way or the other.
2007-11-11 22:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by Abolir Las Farc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋