Meaning & use
Fuggedaboutit
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An eye-dialect spelling of 'forget about it,' used informally to dismiss something as obvious, unnecessary to discuss, or impossible.
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Ask him to split the bill evenly? Fuggedaboutit—he never pays his share.
"Can you get me tickets?" "Fuggedaboutit, I already ordered them."
A note on using this word
Popularized by New York and New Jersey Italian-American dialect, especially through film and television.
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forget itno way
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