given a shit

A form of give a shit — To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of give a shit

    But that’s the world we’re in thanks to Nintendo’s breakaway, and perhaps the most amazing thing about the whole process has been how little anybody, from any side, has really given a shit about it.

    2020 November 24, Luke Plunkett, “Nintendo Completely Bailed On Console Generations, And Nobody Gave A Shit”, in Kotaku, G/O Media
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APA

given a shit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/given%20a%20shit

MLA

“given a shit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/given%20a%20shit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “given a shit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/given%20a%20shit.

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