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jgs | 21:46 Mon 21st Nov 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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Is anyone else familiar with this? Meaning "i don't care." Where does this originate from?

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The earliest recorded use of the phrase dates back only to the 1960s. It is an abbreviated form of 'not give a monkey's whatever', where 'whatever' stands for the f-word or some similar oath.

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