fuhgeddaboudit love

Definitions

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  • interjection Eye dialect spelling of forget about it, representing New York City and New Jersey English.

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Examples

  • Christine Quinn joined union activists for a rally on the steps of New York's City Hall this week, shouting "fuhgeddaboudit" in a shot across the bow to Wal-Mart.

    Wal-Mart Wins Chicago Zoning Vote 2010

  • We've seen just about every tale there is to tell about Russian or Irish mobsters with friends or family on the other side of the law, to inner-city Black, Asian, or Hispanic street thugs who race a lot - and let's not forget those heavy Italian guys that say that say "fuhgeddaboudit" way too often.

    All articles at Blogcritics 2009

  • So here's a field guide to the five most prevalent Wall Street conspiracy theories, with each one graded on scope, durability, crowd appeal and plausibility, and each graded on a sliding scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being "fuhgeddaboudit" and 5 being "damn right."

    unknown title 2009

  • So here's a field guide to the five most prevalent Wall Street conspiracy theories, with each one graded on scope, durability, crowd appeal and plausibility, and each graded on a sliding scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being "fuhgeddaboudit" and 5 being "damn right."

    unknown title 2009

  • Any other girl laughs at me like that, fuhgeddaboudit.

    Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

  • Filmmaker Heather Quinlan began the project as a tribute to her recently deceased father, and quickly realized that hers wasn't the only nostalgic fondness for linguistic curveballs like "terlet," "cawfee" and "fuhgeddaboudit."

    You Tawkin' to New Yawk? Lana Bortolot 2011

  • But "as for me wasting my money on a Ferragamo watch or Cavalli vodka, fuhgeddaboudit," says Mr. Machover.

    Like Our Sunglasses? Try Our Vodka! 2007

  • As a longtime commuter on the infernal Long Island Rail Road and a rider of a subway whose signs are in fluent fuhgeddaboudit, I know what I like in a train system.

    NYT > Home Page By MARY JO MURPHY 2011

  • As a longtime commuter on the infernal Long Island Rail Road and a rider of a subway whose signs are in fluent fuhgeddaboudit, I know what I like in a train system.

    NYT > Global Home By MARY JO MURPHY 2011

  • You can almost hear the collective fuhgeddaboudit.

    Slate Magazine Tom Vanderbilt 2011

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