sorry, not sorry

alternative sorry not sorry · alternative sorry-not-sorry

1. slangUsed to sarcastically express a lack of guilt over an action or statement.

   Sorry not sorry, but a PhD doesn't mean that someone is truly qualified to teach.

   2013, Stephanie Schoch, "Getting a PhD in teaching doesn't make you a teacher", Grand Valley Lanthorn (Grand Valley State University), Volume 47, Number 41, 4 February 2013, page A4

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   I can't keep sleeping with you if we can't even cuddle afterwards. Sorry not sorry.

   2012, "Pirate Rants", The East Carolinian (East Carolina University), Volume 87, Issue 144, 29 November 2012, page 83

   At least the whole album is consistent. It may be consistently bad, but it's still consistent. Sorry, not sorry.

   2014 February, Paul Michael Armstrong, “Ear Candy”, in Gag, volume 1, number 3, page 66