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can't be arsed. used when you really cant be bothered to do something proposed to you.
also a foolproof excuse to get you out of any social event you really dont want to attend.
matey: ere m8 you comin dan the club
matey2: nar m8 cba
matey: fair nuff m8
cba by Dougm8 March 25, 2007
Can't Be Arsed. Unwilling to expend energy on the task in hand. May be used more generally in reference to the state of mind where nothing at all seems remotely worth doing.
"Yeah, it's due tomorrow morning, but I've got the cba."
cba by marcata August 10, 2003
Can't be arsed
I can not be arsed to do all that work.
cba by Mjolklarse April 11, 2003
Stands for "Cant Be Arsed". A term used by youth to show lazyness or unwilling need to do a job or task.
cba by Arcadepunk August 3, 2007
A condition affecting amateur wordsmiths who cannot be bothered to see if an entry has already been made to Urban Dictionary before adding nothing new.
Look. Someone added a sixty-third entry for blunt. They must have CBA.
CBA by OGRastamon April 24, 2010
Can't be arsed. Too busy/too lazy to do something.
still, i really cba to do all the bindings, so if someone knows c and wants to be helpful, it'd be useful if they could do that
cba by cactusbin February 26, 2008
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