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(On the off-chance you're not being tounge in cheek): No, "used positively and negatively with the same meaning", as in the two differently phrased idioms mean

by e12e 9y ago

(On the off-chance you're not being tounge in cheek): No, "used positively and negatively with the same meaning", as in the two differently phrased idioms mean the same thing: http://www.dictionary.com/e/could-care-less/ http://www.dictionary.com/e/could-care-less/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/04/05/the_real_reason_people_say_i_could_care_less.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/04/05/the_rea... https://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/ (!)

e12e 9y ago
I suppose, these days, for the sake of clarifying that I'm being sarcastic, I should just start saying: "I cloud care less".
- taneq 9y ago
  To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of 50/50 between a genuine vexation with "could care less" being semantically wrong, and a cheerful agreement that usage defines meaning. The world's inconsistent and so occasionally, in response, am I. :P
  - Asooka 9y ago
    Just use I'd'nt careless.
vorg 9y ago
> the different intonations used in saying “I couldn’t care less” versus “I could care less.” [dictionary.com link] > people who say “I could care less” are omitting the first part: “Like I could care less,” [Slate link] These quotes seem to sum up those links.