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fuhgeddaboudit 

1. Forget about it - the issue is not worth the time, energy, mental effort, or emotional resources.

2. Definitively "no."

3. The subject is unequivocally excellent; further thought and analysis are unnecessary.

Often heard spoken by Robert De Niro, characters on the Sopranos, and people trying to sound hip and tough like a goomba.

There are many spelling variations. The consensus online is that it should be phonetically either "fu-ge-da-boud-it" or "fu-ge-da-bout-it."
1. So they killed your brother's fiancee. Listen to me: fuhgeddaboudit.

2. You ask me once, I say fuggedaboudit, end of discussion.

3. Over there she got the best rigatoni in New Jersey. And the hot pastrami? Fuggedaboutit!
fuhgeddaboudit by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004

fuhgeddaboudit 

Looking for the official spelling? Forget about it.

Consensus is definitely for "fuhgeddaboudit." But at least 53 different spellings can be found on the web. As of December 2004, here are the top ten...
spelling -- (google hits) -- (nytimes.com hits)

fuhgeddaboudit (82200) (20)
fuggedaboudit (6760) (14)
fuggedaboutit (6040) (4)
fuhgeddaboutit (5770) (35)
fuggetaboutit (3760) (0)
fuhgetaboutit (3430) (2)
fuhgedaboudit (2530) (8)
fahgetaboutit (2470) (0)
fugedaboudit (2240) (0)
fugetaboutit (2010) (0)
fuhgeddaboudit by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004

fuggeddaboudit 

What a mobster or gangland figure might say to a colleague or business associate, after performing a service for them, they feel obligated to provide for free.
Vinnie the Clam said, "Ah, fuggedaboudit!”
When the assistant DA thanked him for the free Opera tickets!
fuggeddaboudit by MIB March 13, 2004

fuggedaboudit 

It's usually spelled fuhgeddaboudit. But maybe 15% of the time you'll see fuggedaboudit or fuggedaboutit.
fuggedaboudit by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004

fuhgeddaboudit 

Person1: Aren't you going to watch the game?

Person2: I have too much work, so fuhgeddaboudit.
fuhgeddaboudit by PoopyMaster November 13, 2003

Fugheddaboudit 

Forget about it. It ain't gonna happen. I think not. No way, Jose. The answer is...no. Not likely.
"If he thinks I'm paying this bill when it was his fault the car died, he's got another thing coming. Fugheddaboudit!
Fugheddaboudit by Turkey Trot December 14, 2010