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diddly-squat

[ did-lee-skwot ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a minimum amount or degree; the least bit (usually used in the negative):

    This coin collection isn't worth diddly-squat in today's market.



diddly-squat

/ ˌɪɪˈɒ /

pronoun

  1. informal.
    usually used with a negative anything

    that doesn't mean diddly-squat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of diddly-squat1

Probably euphemistic variant of diddlyshit
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“China’s the second-largest economy in the world, and we get diddly-squat from China,” or very little, he added.

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That certainly seems to be what Trump is doing, but The Donald doesn’t care diddly-squat about the Squad, even if, as a bonus, it has siphoned the juice from his Democratic challengers.

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“The fact that Michael Cohen is going to jail is proof positive to me that he doesn’t have diddly-squat in terms of legality or illegality on Trump.”

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“Now they want to throw this tradition away. If early civilizations hadn’t used vellum, our understanding of history would be diddly-squat!”

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Evangelicals alone aren’t enough to push someone over the top, which is why the winner of the Iowa caucus doesn’t predict diddly-squat about the eventual outcome.

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