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give zero fucks

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To not care; to not give a shit.

idiomatic, vulgar

Examples

“[Derek] Jeter's all-star appearance last⟳ night was treated like⟳ a simultaneous memorial for eight cancer kids, even though he still has three more months of baseball to play⟳ and people give⟳ precisely zero fucks about the all-star game.”
“[H]e [Steve Bannon] and Andrew Breitbart were much more similar than some are now suggesting: charismatic bomb-throwers, giving zero fucks, aggrieving liberal snowflakes with a steady diet of stories on black crime and Muslim interlopers.”
“I understand⟳ people who feel⟳ like⟳ getting kids in school, getting back to work⟳ and reopening doctors’ offices is worth the risk⟳ of coronavirus. […] But if the first thing you do when you’re not locked down is pack⟳ yourself into bars where you’re spraying into each other’s faces, something tells me you give⟳ zero fucks.”
“The Twins have⟳ since suffered debilitating injuries, the offense has struggled for weeks, and the team has felt enough pressure that manager Rocco Baldelli has implored them to give⟳ “zero fucks” and play⟳ loose.”
“Nancy Mace gives “zero fucks” about what her colleagues think⟳ of her.”
““It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president,” the source said. “The problem is the president doesn’t have⟳ any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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