Yeeeess!! I believe this is a US thing. It’s the exact opposite of what they think they mean

YESS I FIGURED THIS OUT AS A YOUNG UN’ AND WAS TERRIBLY PUZZLED

Hahaha! If I'm feeling snarky on a particular day I can spend many hours simply correcting this for people on social media. It helps me dispel some pent up aggression!

For the record, "It's not like I could care less," is acceptable.

YES! Pet peeve of mine also.

I remember my stepmother would say this a lot, and 8 year old me...not understanding sarcasm...was confused. She would also say, "fat chance" a lot in sarcasm and I didn't get that one either.

I have said this so many times.

Just finished explaining this to my daughter, drives me nuts too!

Who gives a rats a** !

Just say "I don't give a s*!t". Or "I don't give a toss" - when you need to be polite.

I've actually pointed this out to people, to no avail (I hope I'm spelling that correctly.)

It stuns me how many people say this phrase incorrectly! But I teach English so it really shouldn't! I've read the writing of our future generation; it doesn't give me much confidence!

Shoot me an email

Game changer is what I hear alot. Example, prepping your breakfast before going to bed is a game changer. Also, when people type a word in capitals with a period at the end as in BEST. GIFT. EVER. Another one is go to. That restaurant is my go to restaurant. Clap back. I always picture an angry person clapping their hands during an argument with someone. Also you have been doing this wrong your whole life. I can't even and the struggle is real.

I've always considered this a shortened phrase, like using "gild the lily" for an unnecessary change. The original phrase was to "gild gold or paint the lily (white)" which makes sense.

This has been a pet peeve for so many decades that I’m amazed it’s still around!

IDIOTS!!!!

I say ‘I couldn’t care less’ when I literally don’t care but say ‘I could care less’ to be more sarcastic and imply I care a little but not enough to do anything about it, tends to irritate the person you’re saying it to more, I think it really depends on the context

If this would only get through to so many people's heads and not argue that, "I **could** care less," is the correct term.

Weird Al included it in his "Blurred Lines" parody, "Word Crimes."

Very well said – and it was about time someone like YOU put it from wrong to right. May you be heard/listened to, your words are very valuable. Thank you!

Omg thank you. This has driven me nuts since I was a child.

I used to get annoyed at this too... until I looked up the etymology of the word "care"...it's roots are not exactly how we use it today. It's actually related to sorrow, grief and lament (true story). So by that perception, "I could care less" can translate to "I could WORRY/STRESS less". And in that understanding it does actually make sense.

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The US version has implied sarcasm: "yeah, like I could care less".

That goes beyond slang, and into the realm of poor grammar.

Another thing people say I hate- 'Edit thanks for the upvotes, I can't believe this got a silver rating!'

Omfg I HATE seeing those headlines!! "You will not believe this amazing cooking hack! This user tells us that we should preheat the oven before putting food in! The internet is losing their minds!"

Half the time the ppl filming are actually the Karen's. Lol. Cause everyone wants that viral clip... they just spot the smallest thing like a lady being annoyed that her order was messed up & she's just trying to get the right order. then all of the sudden they whip out their phone & start calling her a Karen when she's literally not even being rude. But they end up being the Karen because they're the ones antagonizing ppl for no reason!

If it’s REQUIRED, then that’s unreasonable. But what’s wrong with Doggo though

It's one letter shorter. Out of a total of 4 letters. How is it helpful? It's one less consonant. Just say the other letter. It's ok. It won't hurt you.

Half the people who use “woke” don’t realize it’s not a new concept. There are examples of it throughout history. Like men supporting women’s suffrage or white people supporting desegregation.

I also agree with this but I guess we don’t get a say on people calling each other what.

hyeughmaghnn

This one I agree with

that’s literally so true, like, literally.

It's like they think people are swarming their page in anticipation for a post and the comments will come flooding in. So funny and odd when they get maybe 1 or 2 people commenting.

I concur! And this goes for any other weird, nonsensical slang perpetuated by that weird Tik Tok robot lady.

It's to let the world know you are passive aggressive

But...what if it is cringe? Do you want me to lie?

Possibly the fact that "ask" is a verb.

I hate 'prolly' for probably

It is!

I hate "drug" as the past tense of "drag". It's DRAGGED! It's a frakking REGULAR VERB FFS!!!

What?? This is funny, it’s Brit/Aust slang. It’s fine

“Ostensibly” mushed with “supposedly?”