Citations:sorry, not sorry

English citations of sorry, not sorry

Phrase: "(Internet slang) used to sarcastically express a lack of guilt over an action or statement"

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• 2012, Lisa De La Torre, "You can't spell apathetic without pathetic", The Spectrum (University at Buffalo), Volume 62, Number 16, 8 October 2012, page 3:

  I've basically developed an aversion to social media after witnessing one too many people brag about their apathy, claiming they're "sorry, not sorry" for not voting.

• 2012, "Pirate Rants", The East Carolinian (East Carolina University), Volume 87, Issue 144, 29 November 2012, page 83:

  I can't keep sleeping with you if we can't even cuddle afterwards. Sorry not sorry.

• 2013, Stephanie Schoch, "Getting a PhD in teaching doesn't make you a teacher", Grand Valley Lanthorn (Grand Valley State University), Volume 47, Number 41, 4 February 2013, page A4:

  Sorry not sorry, but a PhD doesn't mean that someone is truly qualified to teach.

• 2013, Evan Goldstein, "#BeAnExample", The Heights (Boston College), Volume 94, Number 30, 23 September 2013, page A7:

  We live in a society that encourages men to be aggressive and unfeeling while discouraging them from being emotional and vulnerable. Sports are manly, so they're acceptable. But singing along when the marching ban plays One Direction? Not so much (sorry, not sorry).

• 2014, Kimeko McCoy, "The Buzz List", The George-Anne (Georgia Southern University), Volume 84, Issue 46, 23 January 2014, page 11:

  Kanye West and his baby mama have been denied their request for their dream French wedding to be in The Palace of Versailles. They will eat cake but it will have to be somewhere else. Sorry not sorry.

• 2014, Paul Michael Armstrong, "Ear Candy", Gag, Volume 1, February 2014, Issue 3, page 66:

  At least the whole album is consistent. It may be consistently bad, but it's still consistent. Sorry, not sorry.

• 2014, Austin City Beer Guide, Spring/Summer 2014, page 39:

  So we borrowed this feature's name from Brew & Brew. Sorry not sorry.