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    1. Chris Selley‏Verified account @cselley 14 Jun 2018

      Chris Selley Retweeted Merriam-Webster

      It doesn’t “suggest” you might care less. It explicitly rules out the possibility that you couldn’t care less, which is what you mean. If words have any meaning, it’s wrong.https://twitter.com/merriamwebster/status/1006225523138355201 …

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      Merriam-WebsterVerified account @MerriamWebster
      Yes, 'could care less' suggests that you might, in fact, care. No, informal English does not respect your logical arguments. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/could-couldnt-care-less …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Jun 2018
      Replying to @cselley

      The meaning of words and phrases is defined by usage not logic. It's not logical, for example, that flammable and inflammable are synonyms but we're stuck with them.

      4:33 PM - 14 Jun 2018
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        1. Bryan Regehr‏ @b_regehr 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @cselley

          There may be no coming back from that one, but we can limit the language from devolving into further stupidity.

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        2. Chris Selley‏Verified account @cselley 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          It’s not illogical at all. It’s weird we haven’t picked one and stuck with it, maybe. That doesn’t mean we should go around using phrases that mean the opposite of their plain meaning.

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        3. Gabe‏ @gcaira 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @cselley @HeerJeet

          Here’s a reading of the matter written by an American linguist: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/18/why_i_could_care_less_is_not_as_irrational_or_ungrammatical_as_you_might.html …

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        1. Yanni Stan Account‏ @dennisbhooper 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @cselley

          The fact that we have both it’s and its should disqualify English as a serious language.

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        1. sean gallagher‏ @gallaghers 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @cselley

          That’s nothing—I think nonplussed is an antonym of itself in english/american usages.

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        1. constans‏ @constans 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @cselley

          Saying “I could care less” is the ultimate expression of apathy. It means that you don’t even care enough to bother to care less about that thing.

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        1. Barry Stanford‏ @Alfgar 14 Jun 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @cselley

          It's only illogical to people who erroneously assume the 'in-' of inflammable is a negative prefix.

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