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arsed

British  
/ ɑːst /

adjective

  1. slang to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Cheers to the Brits for making the voting system so complicated only our fans could be arsed," he joked.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2024

On the way, police recorded her saying, “I’m not even arsed, I just want my babies” – words that would later come back to haunt her.

From The Guardian Oct. 31, 2019

Bae Definition of the sort of neologism you probably should have looked up by now, but somehow could never be arsed.

From The Guardian Aug. 2, 2017

In the end, we only had to drop one song, but it was one I wasn’t arsed about.

From The Guardian Jul. 8, 2014

I ask Jake if he ever wakes up and thinks: "I can't really be arsed with all this again tonight?"

From The Guardian Feb. 28, 2013

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