Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuhgetaboutit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fuhgetaboutit
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Amazon to New York: Fuhgeddaboudit! - Readers are split over Amazon’s change of plan for its HQ2."

Etymology

Corruption of "forget about it"

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

foggetaboutit (alternative) fuggedaboudit (alternative) fuhgeddaboudit (alternative)

Questions

What does fuhgetaboutit mean?: "forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States
Where does fuhgetaboutit come from?: Corruption of "forget about it"

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