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fuhgetaboutit

fuhgetaboutit noun: "forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States.

Noun

fuhgetaboutit (uncountable)

  1. "forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States
    • Amazon to New York: Fuhgeddaboudit! - Readers are split over Amazon’s change of plan for its HQ2.New York Times (2019)

Forms of fuhgetaboutit

alternative formfoggetaboutit
alternative formfuggedaboudit
alternative formfuhgeddaboudit

Origin of fuhgetaboutit

Corruption of "forget about it"

Questions about fuhgetaboutit

What does fuhgetaboutit mean?
Fuhgetaboutit means "forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States.
What part of speech is fuhgetaboutit?
Fuhgetaboutit is a noun.

Words near fuhgetaboutit in the dictionary

  1. fuhgedaboudit
  2. fuhgedaboutit
  3. fuhgeddaboud
  4. fuhgeddaboudit
  5. fuhgeddaboutit
  6. fuhgetaboutit
  7. Fuhkien
  8. fuhling
  9. Fuhr
  10. fuhrer
  11. fuhrers

Source and license

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