Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a general dismissive excl.

1922		E.E. Cummings Enormous Room (1928) 89: I said, ‘F— it, I don’t want it.’ Let him have it. That’s no kind of a job, every one complaining and on top of you morning till night.
1922		‘J.H. Ross’ Mint (1955) 36: ‘Lost, fuck it,’ he grumbled and went out.
1935		L. Bogan ‘Shave ’Em Dry’ in Oliver Screening the Blues (1968) 231: Great God I got fat from fuckin’, / Whee . . . tell ’em about me! Fuck it!
1943		P. Larkin letter 2 Sept. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 67: Fuck it all!
1945		D. Vining A Gay Diary (1996) 24 May 477: I was surprised to find myself [...] saying ‘fuck it’ without self-consciousness.
1952		‘Hal Ellson’ Golden Spike 78: Fuck it, it’s done.
1958		K. Amis letter 15 Mar. in Leader (2000) 531: When I see you I’ll buy you a bottle of champagne as a slight consolation. Fuck it all.
1962		H.S. Thompson letter 16 Feb. in Proud Highway (1997) 321: So what? Who knows who to blame? Fuck it.
1973		D. Goines Street Players 137: ‘Fuck it,’ Earl said.
1982		P. Bailey An Eng. Madam 75: Fuck it, I’m not bothering no more about love. It’s for the money now.
1986		R.G. Barrett Godson 309: Fuckit! Now they’ve found us.
1993		A. Bleasdale On the Ledge 22: I’m fuckin’ terrified—but fuck it!
2001		N. Barlay Hooky Gear 307: Fuck it. Fuck the lot. Who care?
2005		Rhodes & Brody Dusty 43: But, fuck it, he was my manager.
2010		C. Hiaasen Star Island (2011) 48: What would they do if you said fuck it and then bailed.
2011		S. Kelman Pigeon English 156: F— it, that’s our cover blown.
2021		T. Swerdlow Straight Dope [ebook] You just say fuck it and start sharing needles with hookers.
2023		A. Nette Orphan Road 141: ‘Not exactly low-key, but fuck it’.