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Talent Posted 13 years ago
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Hi all.. can you tell me the meaning of this sentence: I don't give a massachusetts... can it mean as I don't give you a ***!
  

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I don't give a Massachusetts... to me would be just another, almost absurd, way of saying "I don't give a ****". " pattern.

  • I don't give a Massachusetts...
  • to me would be just another, almost absurd, way of saying "I don't give a ****".
  • " pattern.
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I don't give a Massachusetts... to me would be just another, almost absurd, way of saying "I don't give a ****". Some people like to insert whatever they can think of into the "I don't give a ..." pattern.
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I once had a student whose family members each chose a word to use in an emphatic situation when others might use profanity. He chose "saxophone" for his word. Another example as a favorite of mine is, "What the fff--ront porch?"

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