foutrefoutern.
/ˈfuːtə/ 1. In phrases, a foutre for, (to care) not a fouter.
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the mind > emotion > indifference > [phrase] > expression of indifference
what reck?a1513
a foutre for1600
God pays1605
san fairy ann1919
for all I care1934
so what?1934
(I, etc.) couldn't care less1946
see if I care1947
(I, etc.) could care less1966
the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)]
to put in no chaloir1477
not to care1490
to let the world wag (as it will)c1525
not to care a chip1556
to hang loose (to)1591
(to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632
not to careor matter a farthing1647
not to care a doit1660
(not) to care twopencea1744
not to give a curse (also damn)1763
not to care a dump1821
not to care beans1833
not to care a darn1840
not to give a darn1840
not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861
not to care (also give) a whoop1867
(to care) not a fouter1871
not to care (or give) a toss1876
not to give (also care) a fuck1879
je m'en fiche1889
not to care a dit(e)1907
je m'en fous1918
not to give a shit1918
to pay no nevermind1946
not to give a sod1949
not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960
not to give a stuff1974
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I Iaq... fette bon chere foutre de ce monde.]
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 100 A footre [1623 footra] for the world and worldlings base. View more context for this quotation
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ccccc/1 Therefore footra, When I am full, let 'em hang me, I care not.
a1642 J. Suckling Goblins iii. 26 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Shall I so?—why then foutree for the Guise.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xvii. 17 He leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.
2. Applied contemptuously to persons.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt
thingOE
cat?c1225
geggea1300
fox-whelpc1320
creaturea1325
whelp1338
scoutc1380
turnbroach14..
foumart1508
shit1508
get?a1513
strummel?a1513
scofting?1518
pismirea1535
clinchpoop1555
rag1566
huddle and twang1578
whipster1590
slop1599
shullocka1603
tailor1607
turnspit1607
fitchewa1616
bulchin1617
trundle-taila1626
tick1631
louse1633
fart1669
insect1684
mully-grub-gurgeon1746
grub-worm1752
rass1790
foutre1794
blister1806
snot1809
skin1825
scurf1851
scut1873
Siwash1882
stiff1882
bleeder1887
blighter1896
sugar1916
vuilgoed1924
klunk1942
fart sack1943
fart-arse1946
jerkwad1980
1794 Har'st Rig lxix. 23 A' Sutor, Most manfully about does lay; A tough auld f—t—r.
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 67 Th' astonish'd Taylor..swearing he was better stuff Than sick a fouter.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. i. 3 O'Brien declared that he was a liar, and a cowardly foutre.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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