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Originally Posted by Sparrow
when they mean they 'could not care less'? 
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I'm thinking this phrase is grammar nazi-ism blowing up in our faces; people don't say 'couldn't care less' because it sets off their grammar school double-negative alarm.
Ultimately, it's just a cliche--they're applied imprecisely in situations that trip an associative link, and they're almost always detached and often reversed from their actual meaning.