(colloquial) doesn't care at all. A combination of the phrases does not give a whoop and does not give a continental. From whoop, a loud cry or shout and continental, a piece of paper money issued by the Continental Congress (an assembly of delegates from the thirteen Americancolonies which first met in 1774) which became almost worthless before the end of the American Revolution (1775 - 1783). —PDC Volume 6 Approved Glossary