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fuggedaboudit en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of forget about it.

Meanings

1. (slang) Do not worry about it; it does not matter; it is beyond your control.
   • Of course, someone might have concluded "fuggedaboudit," the cake mix won't sell. 2002, Bonnie Goebert, Herma M. Rosenthal, Beyond Listening: Learning the Secret Language of Focus Groups, page 4:
2. (New-York-City, slang) There is no hope of it being so, the idea is preposterous; do not waste my time with such notions
   • Men don't want to seem chauvinistic, women don't want to be dependent, and if you're gay, fuggedaboudit. 2007, Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, page 69:
   • And as for buying in pricey Manhattan itself — well, unless you're Donald Trump himself, fuggedaboudit. 2005, June Fletcher, House Poor: Pumped-Up Prices, Rising Rates, and Mortgages on Steroids, page 15:
   • And Sunday . . . fuggedaboudit. You may as well have gone to school on Sunday. 2003, Al Roker, Marialisa Calta, Mark Thomas, Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook, page 238:

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Synonyms

fat chance · no chance · when pigs fly · chance'd be a fine thing