fuggedaboutit
Don't even bother
Fuggedaboutit is an eye-dialect spelling of "forget about it," representing a stereotypical New York Italian-American pronunciation.
It dismisses something as impossible, not worth discussing, or beyond consideration: You want him to apologize? Fuggedaboutit.
It can also express enthusiastic approval: Best pizza in the city? Fuggedaboutit.
The spelling became a marker of New York identity through mob movies and television.
Emphatic refusal of possibility
- not happeningWill never occur
- out of the questionCompletely impossible to consider
- absolutely notEmphatic total rejection
- deniedRefused or disavowed
rejected · off limits · forbidden · nonnegotiable · final answer · end of discussion · case closed · over my dead body
Western Long Island borough
- mobsterOrganized crime member
- wiseguySarcastic quipster or mobster
- paisanSlang for compatriot
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
Jersey · mafia · capo · family · goombah · connected · old school · street
Command to cease
- never mindRetraction of a statement
- let it goCease fixating on something
- move onAdvance past something
- whateverExpression of apathy
no way · impossible · hopeless · lost cause · waste of time · don't bother · give up · abandoned
Causing great wonder
- incredibleDefying easy belief
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- extraordinaryBeyond what's typical
phenomenal · fantastic · unmatched · incomparable · supreme · ultimate · perfection · excellence
no chance
Emphatic refusal of possibility
- not happeningWill never occur
- out of the questionCompletely impossible to consider
- absolutely notEmphatic total rejection
denied · rejected · off limits · forbidden · nonnegotiable · final answer · end of discussion · case closed · over my dead body · fat chance
Brooklyn
Western Long Island borough
neighborhood · Jersey · mafia · capo · family · goombah · connected · old school · street · Bronx
drop it
Command to cease
- never mindRetraction of a statement
- let it goCease fixating on something
- move onAdvance past something
whatever · no way · impossible · hopeless · lost cause · waste of time · don't bother · give up · abandoned · dismissed
amazing
Causing great wonder
- incredibleDefying easy belief
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
extraordinary · phenomenal · fantastic · unmatched · incomparable · supreme · ultimate · perfection · excellence · best ever
- New York Slangdeadass, bodega, fuhgeddaboudit, yo, mad
- underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
- GodfatherCorleone, Michael Corleone, Vito Corleone, Don Corleone, Fredo
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- Italian slangbasta, prego, ciao, bella, mica
fuggedaboutittell me more
Prompt for details
consider it done · go on · keep talking · hold that thought · elaborate
fuggedaboutityou got it
Affirmative compliance phrase
absolutely · of course · no problem · sure thing · you bet
fuggedaboutitwith all due respect
Polite disclaimer before disagreeing
about, forget, forgets, unforgettable, forgettable, forgetter