OKIt's couldn't*
Now stop bytchin nikka![]()

Grammatically yes. But it's a commonly used idiom for over 60 years in American culture. And idioms by definition don't need to be logical grammatically.
There are dozens of positive/negative phrase pairs in the English language.
Like head over heels. Or I can hardly wait. Or that will teach you to ...
All wrong usage of positives/negatives but accepted common idioms in English.
Never mind that this has nothing to do with the discussion anyway. Plus I'm on an Internet forum on an iPhone so who cares about perfect grammar? Stop being a language snob.
Yes I'm mad

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