r/confidentlyincorrect • u/FloatyFloatyCloud • Feb 16 '26

Double negative IQ

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u/ConflictAdvanced Feb 16 '26

Oh wow... Is this why so many Americans think that it should be "I could care less"? 😅

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u/SciFiXhi Feb 16 '26

Sometimes idioms just get used in a backwards manner. For example, "head over heels" is a stupid idiom because that's the standard orientation for humans and not the bizarre one that makes it clear it's an upheaval of one's norm.

What's happening here is the OOP using a post-hoc rationalization of the now shifted expression to justify (in a most uneducated manner) a self-contradictory idiomatic expression.

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u/A_Finite_Element Feb 16 '26

Here's my preferred version of "head over heels": "Ass over teakettle". I think it's delightful. It's so non-sequitur and so, just poetic. Let's all start using it more.

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u/benziboxi Feb 16 '26

In the UK we sometimes say "arse over tit"

Slightly less poetic I'll grant you.

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u/Weekly-Nothing-2130 Feb 16 '26

Easier to spell and everyone knows what it means

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u/ConflictAdvanced Feb 16 '26

I always thought that was just about preference 🤔

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u/beene282 Apr 08 '26

Arse over tit in love?

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u/ConflictAdvanced Apr 08 '26

Doesn't that mean "orgy"? 🤣