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Elfwreck · 04-30-2009, 07:36 PM

I think it's a mixup of two phrases: "I couldn't care less," and "...as if I could care less." And the latter sometimes gets condensed to "I could care less," which generally makes no sense in context.

04-30-2009, 07:36 PM	#22
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I think it's a mixup of two phrases: "I couldn't care less," and "...as if I could care less." And the latter sometimes gets condensed to "I could care less," which generally makes no sense in context.