as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
that jerk doesn't know diddly about half the things he spouts off about
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But does anyone worth a damn really want to go to Madison right now?—
Manny Navarro, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.—
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But their annual Christmas dinner was a special hoot.—
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The social media star picked up what appeared to be kangaroo feces on the grass and gave it a lick, much to Irwin's surprise.—
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And all without a lick of spandex.—
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“Diddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diddly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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