"gay vague"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 22, 2005, at 4:26 AM, David Bowie wrote:

> My favorite linguistic bit in the article was actually the new-to-me
> creative riff on "couldn't care less" and "don't care":
>
>    "If you don't care less, it just adds to your appeal now," said
>    Kate White, the editor of Cosmopolitan.

noted, and discussed, by Mark Liberman on the Language Log:

"The care less train has left the station"
   http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002253.html

arnold