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1) Lipogram in b, c, h, j, p, q, s, u, w, x & z
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn

2) Lipogram in a
To be honest, sweetie, I don’t give two hoots

3) Left-handed lipogram (obscure)
Care? Dearest, water tastes stewed

4) Missing letter
Frankly my ear, I don’t give a damn

5) Two missing letters
Rankly my ear, I don’t give a damn

6) Strict palindrome
nma, dae vigt nodi ready my lkn, arf!

7 Alphabetically
AAAADDDEEFGHKLMMNNNORRTVY

8) Anagram
I demanded rank vigor, my tan fly

9) Curtailing
Frankly my dear, I don’t give

10) Homovocalism
Many have gay brio, still we want balls
Phased action infers attack
All elation is easy as

11) Synonymous
No, I can’t commit, either

12) Letter Substitutes
Frankly my rear, I don’t give a damn
Frankly my dear, I don’t give a dame
Frankly my dear, I don’t live a damn

3) Lipogram in e
Fuck you, darling

14) Emphasis
Frankly, by which I mean being as blunt as I conceivably can, without any other possible interpretation of my words, not shrouded in mystery or any form of ambiguity, my dear, by which I mean one of whom I am fond, though not excessively, “dear” implying a certain distance not.availed me by more emotive words such as “darling” or “angel”. I don’t give a damn, that is to say I couldn’t care less, I am utterly unaffected by the outcome of events. I use the biblical term “damn” in order to reinforce my attitude, carrying as it does connotations of Lucifer, the Destroyer, enemy of all mankind and the strongest word I could invoke to show that I really am not bothered in the slightest. I just wanted to make that absolutely clear.

15) One letter added
Frankly my drear, I don’t give a damn

16) Absolute negative
I’m not sure, you loathsome piece of shit, but I think that I really do care

17) n+7
Frankly my decapod, I don’t give a Dane

18) Interference
a) Frankly, plump, stately Buck Mulligan my dear
b) In the Beginning was the Word, I don’t give a damn

19) Homophony
For A.N.K. Lee, my idea, a doughnut giver, with jam.

20) Interrogative
What do you care what I think?

21) Homoconsonantism
For Unk: ally my dreadnought gave domain

22) Vulgar Rhyme
Frankly my dear, I’m here for the beer
I don’t give a Damn for your dead brother Sam

23) Brechtian narrator
Here the alpha male absolves responsibility with his dismissive curtness

24) Amplification
Why should I bother myself with you, after all I’ve been through?

25) Reduction
Go away

26) Irrelevant subtext
How does my moustache look?

27) Equation
If x equals your finer feelings, and y is my interest
then x over y equals zero