give a fuck

present singular third person gives a fuck · participle present giving a fuck · past gave a fuck · participle past given a fuck

1. idiomaticvulgarTo care; to give a shit.

   The committee doesn't give a fuck about this issue, but you know what, I give a fuck!

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   I don't give a fuck/They done pushed me to my limit, I'm all in/I might blow up any minute, did it again

   1992, “I Don’t Give a Fuck”, Tupac Amaru Shakur (music)

   And I don't give a fuck if calling the pope a motherfucker / means you unthinkingly brand me an unthinking apostate.

   2010, “The Pope Song”, Tim Minchin (music)

   Alex Trebek set a Guinness world record for most game shows hosted. The previous record was: Who gives a fuck?

   2014 July 14, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Norm Macdonald

   We did some very rough estimates, and, with 35 employees contributing just $6,000 a year, after 30 years, half a percent could add up to roughly a million dollars! That number was so high you’ll never guess what happened: Janice in accounting actually gave a fuck! I’m serious! She’s a changed woman now!

   2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Retirement Plans”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 15, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO

   Aline Brosh McKenna, one of the creators of The CW TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, told a reporter in 2020: “I often say, ‘Lord, give me the moxie of a post-menopausal women^([sic]) who gives absolutely no fucks.’”

   2023 November 11, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aline Brosh McKenna, “When will I start caring less about everything?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

   Synonyms: becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself