"give a shit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɪv ə ˌʃɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-give a shit.wav Forms: gives a shit [present, singular, third-person], giving a shit [participle, present], gave a shit [past], given a shit [participle, past]
Etymology: From give + a + shit. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|give|a|shit}} give + a + shit Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> a shit}} give a shit (third-person singular simple present gives a shit, present participle giving a shit, simple past gave a shit, past participle given a shit)
  1. (vulgar, chiefly in negative constructions) To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker. Tags: vulgar Synonyms: care Translations (to care): 撚事 (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: 關我撚事) [vulgar] (Chinese Cantonese), 屁事 (pìshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 屌事 (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: 关我屁事) [vulgar] (Chinese Mandarin), pisseligeglad (Danish), skideligeglad (Danish), skide på (Danish), kunnen schelen (Dutch), kunnen bommen (Dutch), uitmaken (Dutch), fajfi pri (note: negative sense) (Esperanto), prifajfi (note: negative sense) (Esperanto), piitata (Finnish), välittää (Finnish), en avoir quelque chose à foutre (note: positive sense) (French), n’en avoir rien à foutre (note: negative sense) (French), s’en foutre (note: negative sense) (French), importar un carallo (note: negative sense) (Galician), importar un corno (Galician), ფეხებზე მკიდია (pexebze mḳidia) [vulgar] (Georgian), ყლეზე მკიდია (q̇leze mḳidia) (english: extremely vulgar) (Georgian), scheißegal (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: mir ist (es) scheißegal) (German), Scheißdreck (e.g.: Das kümmert mich einen Scheißdreck) (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (German), στ' αρχίδια μου (st' archídia mou) (Greek), στα παπάρια μου (sta papária mou) (Greek), χέστηκα (chéstika) (Greek), σκασίλα μου (skasíla mou) (Greek), leszar [vulgar] (Hungarian), rászar [vulgar] (Hungarian), sbattersene (Italian), fottersene (Italian), mi nuh business a bloodclaat (Jamaican Creole), 屁とも思う【...思わない】 (alt: he to mo omou [neg. omowanai]) (Japanese), 一顧もする【...しない】 (alt: ikko mo suru [neg. shinai]) (Japanese), yeven of a note (Middle English), اهمیت دادن (ahammiyyat dâdan) (Persian), gówno obchodzić (note: negative sense) (Polish), mieć w dupie (note: negative sense) (Polish), latać koło chuja (Polish), dar a mínima (Portuguese), estar cagando para [vulgar] (Portuguese), estar cagando e andando [vulgar] (Portuguese), estar-se a cagar (Portuguese), băga pula (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), da doi bani (Romanian), fute (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), pișa (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), căca (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), durea în pulă (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), durea în pizdă (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), durea în cur (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Romanian), (на)плева́ть (note: negative sense) (alt: (na)plevátʹ) (Russian), начха́ть (načxátʹ) (note: negative sense) (Russian), по́ фигу (pó figu) (note: negative sense) (Russian), по́ хую (pó xuju) (Russian), по хую́ (po xujú) (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: мне по хую) [vulgar] (Russian), по́хуй (póxuj) (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: мне похуй) [vulgar] (Russian), не еба́ть (ne jebátʹ) (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: меня не ебёт) (Russian), поеба́ть (pojebátʹ) (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: мне поебать) [vulgar] (Russian), до пизды́ (do pizdý) (note: negative sense) (alt: e.g.: мне до пизды) [vulgar] (Russian), bi suarach mu (Scottish Gaelic), coma (Scottish Gaelic), mať v riti (Slovak), mať v piči (fpiči) (Slovak), srať na niečo (Slovak), kašľať na niečo (Slovak), mať na háku (Slovak), ge blanka fan (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Swedish), ge fan (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Swedish), strunta i (note: negative sense) (Swedish), skita i (note: negative sense) [vulgar] (Swedish), bry sig (note: positive sense) (Swedish), siklemek (Turkish), sikinde olmak (Turkish) Translations (to not care): importar una mierda [vulgar] (Spanish), sudársela (Spanish), refanfinflársela [Spain, vulgar] (Spanish), valer (Spanish), no importar (Spanish), chupar un huevo [vulgar] (Spanish), valerle madre (Spanish), valerle un perejil (Spanish), importarle un pepino (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "You're going to get me fired? I don't give a shit!",
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          "text": "\"Do it badly,\" said the man, \"who cares? Who gives a shit?\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, George Carlin, “Hitchhiking Fun”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:",
          "text": "There are some people who still hitchhike, although not as many as before. A lot of folks gave the practice up after being buried in shallow graves near the side of the road. But here's some fun you can have in case you still like to get out and hoist a thumb.[...]Or, when the guy stops, don't say anything; just jump in and sit down. When he says, \"Where you going?\" say, \"I don't give a shit. Let's just ride around. I'm off till Thursday.\" Then make a lot of motor noises with your mouth.",
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        "(vulgar, chiefly in negative constructions) To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker."
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          "alt": "e.g.: 關我撚事",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "撚事"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pìshì",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "屁事"
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          "alt": "e.g.: 关我屁事",
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          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "屌事"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "pisseligeglad"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "skideligeglad"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "skide på"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "kunnen schelen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "kunnen bommen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "uitmaken"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "fajfi pri"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "prifajfi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "piitata"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "välittää"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "positive sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "en avoir quelque chose à foutre"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "n’en avoir rien à foutre"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "s’en foutre"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "importar un carallo"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "importar un corno"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pexebze mḳidia",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "ფეხებზე მკიდია"
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          "code": "ka",
          "english": "extremely vulgar",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇leze mḳidia",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "ყლეზე მკიდია"
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        {
          "alt": "e.g.: mir ist (es) scheißegal",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "scheißegal"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "e.g.: Das kümmert mich einen Scheißdreck",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "Scheißdreck"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "st' archídia mou",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "στ' αρχίδια μου"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sta papária mou",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "στα παπάρια μου"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chéstika",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "χέστηκα"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skasíla mou",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "σκασίλα μου"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "leszar"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "rászar"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "sbattersene"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "fottersene"
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        {
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "mi nuh business a bloodclaat"
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        {
          "alt": "he to mo omou [neg. omowanai]",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "屁とも思う【...思わない】"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ikko mo suru [neg. shinai]",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "一顧もする【...しない】"
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        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "yeven of a note"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ahammiyyat dâdan",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "اهمیت دادن"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "gówno obchodzić"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "mieć w dupie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "latać koło chuja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "dar a mínima"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "estar cagando para"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "estar cagando e andando"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "estar-se a cagar"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "băga pula"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "da doi bani"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "fute"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pișa"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "căca"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "durea în pulă"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "durea în pizdă"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "durea în cur"
        },
        {
          "alt": "(na)plevátʹ",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "(на)плева́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "načxátʹ",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "начха́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "pó figu",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "по́ фигу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pó xuju",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "по́ хую"
        },
        {
          "alt": "e.g.: мне по хую",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "po xujú",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "по хую́"
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        {
          "alt": "e.g.: мне похуй",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "póxuj",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "по́хуй"
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        {
          "alt": "e.g.: меня не ебёт",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "roman": "ne jebátʹ",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "не еба́ть"
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          "alt": "e.g.: мне поебать",
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            "vulgar"
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        },
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        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "word": "kašľať na niečo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "mať na háku"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "ge blanka fan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "ge fan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "strunta i"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "negative sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "skita i"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "positive sense",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "bry sig"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "siklemek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to care",
          "word": "sikinde olmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "importar una mierda"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "word": "sudársela"
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          "word": "valer"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
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        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "chupar un huevo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "word": "valerle madre"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "word": "valerle un perejil"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to not care",
          "word": "importarle un pepino"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡɪv ə ˌʃɪt/"
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Jamaican Creole translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
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          "text": "You're going to get me fired? I don't give a shit!",
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          "ref": "1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 114:",
          "text": "\"Do it badly,\" said the man, \"who cares? Who gives a shit?\"",
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          "ref": "1997, George Carlin, “Hitchhiking Fun”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:",
          "text": "There are some people who still hitchhike, although not as many as before. A lot of folks gave the practice up after being buried in shallow graves near the side of the road. But here's some fun you can have in case you still like to get out and hoist a thumb.[...]Or, when the guy stops, don't say anything; just jump in and sit down. When he says, \"Where you going?\" say, \"I don't give a shit. Let's just ride around. I'm off till Thursday.\" Then make a lot of motor noises with your mouth.",
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          "word": "care"
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    {
      "alt": "e.g.: 關我撚事",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "撚事"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "pìshì",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "屁事"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: 关我屁事",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "屌事"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "pisseligeglad"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "skideligeglad"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "skide på"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "kunnen schelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "kunnen bommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "uitmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "fajfi pri"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "prifajfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "piitata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "positive sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "en avoir quelque chose à foutre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "n’en avoir rien à foutre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "s’en foutre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "importar un carallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "importar un corno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pexebze mḳidia",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ფეხებზე მკიდია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "english": "extremely vulgar",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇leze mḳidia",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "ყლეზე მკიდია"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: mir ist (es) scheißegal",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "scheißegal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "e.g.: Das kümmert mich einen Scheißdreck",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "Scheißdreck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "st' archídia mou",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "στ' αρχίδια μου"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sta papária mou",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "στα παπάρια μου"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chéstika",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "χέστηκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skasíla mou",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "σκασίλα μου"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "leszar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "rászar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "sbattersene"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "fottersene"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "mi nuh business a bloodclaat"
    },
    {
      "alt": "he to mo omou [neg. omowanai]",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "屁とも思う【...思わない】"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ikko mo suru [neg. shinai]",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "一顧もする【...しない】"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "yeven of a note"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ahammiyyat dâdan",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "اهمیت دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "gówno obchodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "mieć w dupie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "latać koło chuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "dar a mínima"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "estar cagando para"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "estar cagando e andando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "estar-se a cagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "băga pula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "da doi bani"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "fute"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "pișa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "căca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "durea în pulă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "durea în pizdă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "durea în cur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "(na)plevátʹ",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "(на)плева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "načxátʹ",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "начха́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "pó figu",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "по́ фигу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pó xuju",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "по́ хую"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: мне по хую",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "po xujú",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "по хую́"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: мне похуй",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "póxuj",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "по́хуй"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: меня не ебёт",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "ne jebátʹ",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "не еба́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: мне поебать",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "pojebátʹ",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "поеба́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g.: мне до пизды",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "roman": "do pizdý",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "до пизды́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "bi suarach mu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "coma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "mať v riti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "mať v piči (fpiči)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "srať na niečo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "kašľať na niečo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "mať na háku"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ge blanka fan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ge fan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "strunta i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "negative sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "skita i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "positive sense",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "bry sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "siklemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to care",
      "word": "sikinde olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "importar una mierda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "sudársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "refanfinflársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "valer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "no importar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "chupar un huevo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "valerle madre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "valerle un perejil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to not care",
      "word": "importarle un pepino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give a shit"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": e.g.: мне (на)плевать vs. (na)plevátʹ",
  "path": [
    "give a shit"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "give a shit",
  "trace": ""
}

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