je-m'en-foutisme

French

Etymology

From je m’en fous (“I don't give a damn, I couldn't care less”) +‎ -isme (“-ism”). Compare Catalan menfotisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.m‿ɑ̃.fu.tism/ ~ /ʒə.m‿ɑ̃.fu.tizm/
• Rhymes: -ism

Noun

je-m’en-foutisme m (uncountable) (slang, vulgar)

1. don't-give-a-damn, couldn't-care-less attitude

   Synonym: (non-vulgar) je-m’en-fichisme

Related terms

• je-m’en-foutiste

References

• “je-m'en-foutisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.