Home › Words › F › fuhgetaboutitfuhgetaboutitfuhgetaboutit means "forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States.EtymologyCorruption of "forget about it"noun"forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United Statese.g.“Amazon to New York: Fuhgeddaboudit! - Readers are split over Amazon’s change of plan for its HQ2.” — New York Times (2019)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cafone 53% match — A boorish, uneducated Italian-American. vs fuhgetaboutit →pizzahead 52% match — A person of Italian descent. vs fuhgetaboutit →italianish 51% match — Somewhat Italian. vs fuhgetaboutit →wop 50% match — An person of Italian descent. vs fuhgetaboutit →fackins 49% match — Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc. vs fuhgetaboutit →fugh 49% match — An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. vs fuhgetaboutit →gabagool 49% match — capicola vs fuhgetaboutit →eyetie 47% match — An Italian. vs fuhgetaboutit →