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Forget about it - in a stereotypical mob accent. Person1: Aren't you going to watch the game?
Person2: I have too much work, so fuhgeddaboudit. |
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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! |
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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) |
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Most common spelling of the most informal, somewhat endearing sense of "forget about it." Google hits May 2005:
Fuhgeddaboudit - 61,200 Fuggedaboudit - 8,180 Forgetaboutit - 7,440 Fuggedaboutit - 6,800 Fuhgedaboutit - 1,890 Fugedaboudit - 2,150 Fugedaboutit - 806 Fuhgetaboutit - 747 Fuhgedaboudit - 605 Forgedaboudit - 662 Fahgedaboudit - 512 Fuhgetaboudit - 358 Fagedaboudit - 300 Forgedaboutit - 278 Fagedaboutit - 248 Forgetaboudit - 217 Forget about it - 579,000 Source: Comparative Spelling Project |
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