fuggedaboudit
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Eye dialect spelling of forget about it.
Interjection
fuggedaboudit
- (slang) Do not worry about it; it does not matter; it is beyond your control.
- 2002, Bonnie Goebert, Herma M. Rosenthal, Beyond Listening: Learning the Secret Language of Focus Groups, p. 4:
- 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, p. 4:
- (slang, New York City) There is no hope of it being so, the idea is preposterous; do not waste my time with such notions
- 2003, Al Roker, Marialisa Calta, Mark Thomas, Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook, p. 238:
- And Sunday . . . fuggedaboudit. You may as well have gone to school on Sunday.
- 2005, June Fletcher, House poor: pumped-up prices, rising rates, and mortgages on steroids, page 15:
- And as for buying in pricey Manhattan itself — well, unless you're Donald Trump himself, fuggedaboudit.
- 2007, Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, page 69:
- Men don't want to seem chauvinistic, women don't want to be dependent, and if you're gay, fuggedaboudit.
- 2003, Al Roker, Marialisa Calta, Mark Thomas, Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook, p. 238:
Synonyms
- (There is no hope of it being so) Don't even think it; you gotta be kidding; fat chance
References
- 2004, William Safire, The right word in the right place at the right time, p.334
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