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| Domain | Definition |
Math | A special symbol which matches any other symbol of a given alphabet. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Swedish (skita). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DON'T CARE |
| English words defined with "DON'T CARE": for that matter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DON'T CARE": FIG. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then what a pair we could make, but what if it's a lesson I don't care to learn (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) I don't care! All I know is we didn't build it, and that's reason enough to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird) I don't care who's right or who's wrong (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) I don't care what she's done (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) I don't care what you smell (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) | |
Lyrics | Anywhere, honey, i don't care (Fly Away From Here; performing artist: Aerosmith) If you don't care then I don't care (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE) I want you so bad I don't care who sees (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) And wave 'em around like you just don't care (Everybody(Backstreet's Back); performing artist: BACKSTREET BOYS) She don't care about my big screen (Hey Leonardo (She likes me for me); performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls) | |
Clever | The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. You cannot hate someone you don't care about. (references; author: unknown) To hate a person is a waste; half the people you hate don't care, and the other half don't know. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The I Don't Care Girl (1953) Sailors Don't Care (1940) Monsieur Don't Care (1924) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Adopter, Kristen O'Vali, with "Caesar Don't Care" a trading card horse at Longview, Washington adoption and horse show. Credit: Mark Armstrong. | ![]() | I don't care how much Jim says, he gives me a breathing spell!. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | Coal miner, now unemployed, Scotts Run, West Virginia at Jere. "Jes so long as I see things movin' and betterin' I don't care how much benefits I get from it.". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Freddie Mercury | The most important thing, darling, is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous, I don't care how long it is. |
Josh Billings | I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Remember that siblings, like all children, don't care about tomorrow and want equal treatment and attention today. (references) | |
Business | Some schools demand the best products and don't care about prices. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Barbara Eden | I don't know. To this day, I don't know. And you know something, I don't care because substance abuse is substance abuse. It doesn't matter what it is. It's bad. |
Nancy Grace | Well, as you know, I'm clearly not a New Yorker. But long story short, I don't care what the man's driving. I care about the girl's blood on the clothes that he was taking to the cleaner the weekend of her disappearance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "DON'T CARE": don't care a rap ♦ don't care state ♦ i don't care ♦ i don't care a button ♦ i don't care a cent ♦ i don't care a damn! ♦ i don't care a fig ♦ i don't care a hang! ♦ i don't care a hoot ♦ i don't care a rap ♦ i don't care a whit ♦ i don't care for it ♦ i don't care if i do! ♦ i don't care two hoots! ♦ i don't care what people say. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "DON'T CARE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ligegyldig tilstand (don't care state). (various references) | |
Dutch | don't care toestand (don't care state). (various references) | |
Finnish | välitän viisi siitä (I don't care), siitä minä vähän piittaan (I don't care a rap! I don't give a damn!), en huoli sitä (I don't care to have it, I don't want it). (various references) | |
French | je m'en fous de ce que les gens disent (I don't care what people say), je me fiche pas mal (I don't care a hoot), état indifférent (don't care state). (various references) | |
German | das ist mir piepe (I don't care a rap), tristabiler Speicherzustand (don't care state), Ich mache mir nichts daraus. (I don't care a fig for it.), es liegt mir nichts mehr daran (I don't care any more), Es ist mir völlig egal. (I don't care a pap for it.), "don't care"-Zustand (don't care state). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάσταση αδιαφορίας (don't care state), αδιάφορη κατάσταση (don't care state), δεν νοίαζομαι γιά το μάθημα (I don't care about my lesson), δεν νοίαζομαι για το μάθημα (I don't care about my lesson). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nekem mindegy! (I don't care a hang!), fütyülök rá! (I don't care a hang!, I don't give a damn!). (various references) | |
Italian | stato di indeterminazione (don't care state). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | on'tday arecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estado insensivel (don't care state). (various references) | |
Romanian | nu-mi pasã deloc (don't care a rap), nu-mi pasã câtuşi de puţin (I don't care a cent, I don't give a hoot about it), nu-mi pasã (I don't care). (various references) | |
Russian | все равно (all one, all the same, do not care). (various references) | |
Spanish | estado inactivo (don't care state, F1, inactive state, powered off state). (various references) | |
Swedish | don't care-tillstånd (don't care state), det struntar jag blankt i (I don't care a fig), det ger jag tusan i (I don't care a damn), det ger jag fan i (I don't care a damn). (various references) | |
Turkish | yapsam da olur (I don't care if I do), vız gelir tırıs gider (I don't care a damn, I don't care a hang, I don't give a damn), umurumda değil (I couldn't care less, I don't care, I don't care a damn, I don't care a hang, I don't care two hoots, I don't give a damn), umrumda değil (for aught I care, I couldn't care less, I don't care, I don't give a damn, I don't give a rap), olabilir (I don't care if I do, may be, maybe, mayhap, possible), iplemem bile (I don't care two hoots). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мені абсолютно байдуже (I don't care a whit). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DON'T CARE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dont care. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-c-d-e-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: cartoned. | |
-2 letters: cordate, enactor, redcoat, tacnode, tranced. | |
-3 letters: acnode, ardent, atoned, atoner, cadent, candor, canoed, canted, canter, cantor, carnet, carted, carton, cedarn, centra, coated, coater, contra, cornea, corned, cornet, craned, crated, craton, dancer, deacon, decant, docent, donate, nacred, nectar, octane, orated, ornate, ranted, recant, redact, rodent, tanrec, traced, trance. | |
-4 letters: acned, acorn, acred, acted. | |
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