arsed

adj — 2 senses

arsed

adj

UK /ɑːst/

1

Commonwealth, Slang, Vulgar, In the negative Bothered; willing to make an effort.

  • I can’t be arsed to get out of bed today.
  • We asked John if he wanted to come down the pub with us, but he couldn’t be arsed.
2 more examples
  • You can keep all the macho bollocks that goes with the job. I can’t be arsed who thinks what of me to be perfectly honest and I have no time for those that are.2008, Guy Cullen, Loose Ends, page 2:
  • […]but here’s the way you’re supposed to run it: make out like it’ll be a long, drawn out process, that you can’t be arsed and that they shouldn’t be arsed because it’ll probably end up doing fuck all except getting a copper pissed off at them.2011, Ray Banks, Beast of Burden, page 133:
2

Vulgar, In combinations Having a particular kind of arse

  • a big-arsed man
Derived terms
duck-arsed, duck arsed, half-arsed, like a blue-arsed fly, rat-arsed, rat arsed, smartarsed, smart-arsed

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