Cover your ass - a way of saying "I'm going to do just enough CYA so that when something goes wrong I can blame someone else down the line" Another example of society going into a slow death spiral.
Boss: Why didn't you put the fire out before it burned down the building!
Jones: I didn't know the room I was in was on fire because I was doing something important on the internet, Johnson didn't check the smoke detector batteries.
Boss: Way to CYA Jones!
Jones: I didn't know the room I was in was on fire because I was doing something important on the internet, Johnson didn't check the smoke detector batteries.
Boss: Way to CYA Jones!
by whitemale_98 December 28, 2005

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by Cleona Sedai February 26, 2005

by KGB July 10, 2002

Here in Ottawa, in the public service, one must make sure to CYA in everything you do, and covering your boss's ass isnt a bad thing either.
by Silly Servant November 14, 2005
