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The Buzzword Bingo forum is a place to post examples of ludicrous,
convoluted and meaningless buzzwords and marketing drivel dreamed up by those seeking to sound
more important and meaningful than they actually are.
We are developers, which means our job is to simplify complicated and ill-expressed requirements
in order to produce something elegant and useful. If you want to impress us then please just tell it
to us straight. The less pre-processing we have to do the more we will be interested.
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More of a buzzphrase - but when did "I couldn't care less" (which makes perfect sense if you're telling someone that something really doesn't matter to you) turn into "I could care less" (which probably means you care quite a lot about the issue in question)?
Ack - drives me nuts! Strangely I only ever seem to come across it on CP (most other forums I frequent are UK or Aussie based, maybe it's an American thing?) which is why I thought I'd add it to this superb new board 
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Hey Meg, It's been a long time since you were last here. How are the kids doing?
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Hi Colin,
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: It's been a long time since you were last here
Very noticeable by the multitude of new "faces" - great to see CP is still thriving  .
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: How are the kids doing?
Awesome thanks - Emma's just turned 6 months, so life's becoming slightly more normal again. Mikey will be 3 in 4 months time - how life whizzes by!
How are you doing? Last I heard from you you were moving to Glasgow, has that worked out well?
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AFAIK its a yank thing.
Its always been "I couldn't care less" in the UK and everywhere else english speaking.
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Nah i use it still, its a yank thing therefore an australian .com generational thing too.
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Hey Megan,
That's truly a buzzphrase. Thanks for the laughs.
Megan Forbes wrote: A mum and loving it![^]
My goodness! They're just too cute. I'd love to have them in my hands and play with them. 
[edit]Especially, I loved the photo where the kid is analyzing a suspicious piece of pasta [/edit]
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
.·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·.
Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
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"I could care less" is usually from people who don't know any better.
But we in the know use it to indicate an additional amount of apathy; where caring less would actually require some effort.
Or, more likely, some other force requires us to have an opinion, so some attention must me paid.
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Truthfully, it's a pronunciation thing. "I could care less" comes out a lot easier in most American accents than "I couldn't care less", and the syllable is dropped according to the principles of syncope.
... or should I have explained that with more synergy for continued excellence in our field as we go forward?
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I think the Quote: "I could care less"
implies the follow-up phrase, "but it's too much effort to be so extremely uncaring."
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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