"Fuck, I Never Actually Learned Shit” is a backronym (back-acronym) for the word “finals” that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. There is a Facebook page titled F.I.N.A.L.S = Fuck, I never actually learned shit. The “finals” backronym has been cited in print since at least May 2004. A milder version is “Fudge, I Never Actually Learned (this) Squat/Stuff.”
Similar school-related backronyms include “Six/Seven Crappy Hours Of Our Lives” (school), “Sucks Children’s Happiness Out Of Life” (school), “Come Late And Start Sleeping” (class) and “Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge” (homework).
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GettiGetti
05-10-2004, 01:29 PM
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FINALS = F*#% I Never Actually Learned This S@$%
Urban Dictionary
Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit
In one word: FINALS!!
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Me: “hey did you take your finals?”
Steve: “yea, but fuck it I never actually learned shit!”
by Nexus Dec 13, 2004
LiveJournal
blakejohnson123 wrote,
2006-05-08 19:01:00
F.I.N.A.L.S. Fuck, I never actually learned shit
AnandTech Forums
Ika
12-11-2006, 07:24 PM
Fudge, I Never Actually Learned this Shat
FINALS
Urban Dictionary
F.I.N.A.L.S.
Fuck I Never Actually Learned Shit; often used by college students during finals week.
student: “I have F.I.N.A.L.S. this week so Im stressing out and studying/learning everything”
by Steveso1 Dec 13, 2006
University of Illinois
Women’s BasketBlog // Dec. 16, 2006 // Chelsea Gordon
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Around campus there is a famous acronym for this time of the year...F.I.N.A.L.S. = Fudge I Never Actually Learned this Stuff.
PUSH
Thursday, May 15, 2008
F.I.N.A.L.S. (Fine. I Never Actually Learned this Stuff)
I took my last final today, and before I set my #2 down, I knew I had done well.
Canisius College
End of Semster Crunch Time
By Michael | November 30, 2010
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5. Finals now mean Frankly, I Never Actually Learned this Stuff
Google Books
U Chic:
The College Girl’s Guide to Everything
By Christie Garton
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks
2011
Pg. ?:
f.i.n.a.l.s.: fudge, I never actually learned squat!
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