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DON'T CARE

Specialty Definition: DON'T CARE

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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.

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Crosswords: DON'T CARE

English words defined with "DON'T CARE": for that matter. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DON'T CARE": FIG. (references)

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Modern Usage: DON'T CARE

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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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Commercial Usage: DON'T CARE

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: DON'T CARE

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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.

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Familiar Quotations: DON'T CARE

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DON'T CARE

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: DON'T CARE

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Expressions: DON'T CARE

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.

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Modern Translation: DON'T CARE

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.

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Misspellings: DON'T CARE

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).

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Anagrams: DON'T CARE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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