It is fairly common to hear someone dismissively say that they could care less. Think about what has been said. If they could care less, than they do care. They may care a great deal for all we know, then it would be very easy to care less.
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Napoleon could not care less |
Of course, we understand what they mean, but why not say "I couldn't care less." Or "I could not care less," which has a better rhythm to it, I think. In any case, there's no reason to say the exact opposite of what you mean by going with "could care less."
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