fuhgeddaboudit

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English[edit]

Highway sign with "Leaving Brooklyn" on a blue background, then on a green background a big "Fuhgeddaboudit", followed by "Mary Markowitz" "Borough President" and "Michael R. Bloomberg" "Mayor" in two columns with two lines each.
Sign in Brooklyn reading Fuhgeddaboudit

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Etymology[edit]

The phrase is associated with the inhabitants of New York City and the part of the state of New Jersey outside of it.

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Interjection[edit]

fuhgeddaboudit

  1. Pronunciation spelling of forget about it, representing New York City and New Jersey English.
    • 1993 December 3, “CON MAN AND MUGGER CLAIM A LEGAL WINDFALL”, in News Tribune:
      As they say in New York, fuhgedaboudit. And speaking of successful muggers, perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche also had reason to smile
    • 2015 February 2, “Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent On Its Way Out, Linguists Say”, in NPR‎[1]:
      (see title)
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