"sorry, not sorry" meaning in English

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Phrase

Forms: sorry not sorry [alternative], sorry-not-sorry [alternative]
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  1. (slang) Used to sarcastically express a lack of guilt over an action or statement. Tags: slang Related terms: fauxpology, nonapology, notpology
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          "ref": "2012, \"Pirate Rants\", The East Carolinian (East Carolina University), Volume 87, Issue 144, 29 November 2012, page 83",
          "text": "I can't keep sleeping with you if we can't even cuddle afterwards. Sorry not sorry."
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          "ref": "2014 February, Paul Michael Armstrong, “Ear Candy”, in Gag, volume 1, number 3, page 66:",
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