nevermindn.
/ˈnɛvəmʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˌmaɪnd/ U.S. regional.
1. A matter of interest or relevance; one's business or concern. Chiefly in negative contexts, as to make no nevermind: to make no difference, to be of no significance.
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1924 F. Isman Weber & Fields 83 Dot makes no nefer mind.
1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xvi. 264 That ain't no neverminds to me, though.
1953 R. B. Goodwin It's Good to be Black 39 You was tole to go on 'bout yore nee-mind.
1971 B. Malamud Tenants 177 Those are old books of his he wrote long ago, says Willie. Both been published. Then it makes no nevermind if we burn them.
1989 Popeye the Sailor Oct. 3 Whadaya suppose she's up to? Makes no nevermind ter me... She can stay there all night if she wants to!
2. to pay no nevermind: to pay no attention, to be indifferent (to something). Cf. mind n.1 7.
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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
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xii. 225 He pays it no nevermind.
2001 Honolulu Star-Bull. 18 May Don't pay no nevermind to those city fellas who complain this remedy will create an endless loop of higher oil and gas prices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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