care factor

English

Noun

care factor (plural care factors)

1. (colloquial, humorous) The degree to which somebody cares about something.
   • 2012, Tamra Mercieca, Getting Naked: The Dating Game, page 44:

     My care factor, along with my libido, had disappeared right out my bedroom window.

   • 2012, Jen Jones, Lissa on the Sidelines:

     I earned some strange looks walking through the halls with it, but my care factor about what others thought was pretty close to zero. I just wanted to get — and feel — better.

   • 2013, Kylie Scott, Lick:

     Fortunately, my care factor was now dangerously close to fuck-it levels.

   • 2015, Ryan Thomas Grice, Photosynthesis:

     Not my finest moment, but my care factor is subzero right now. My attention is elsewhere.

Derived terms

• care factor zero.