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SteveDallas · 03-31-2009, 09:24 PM

So I'll ask . . .

What is the origin of the phrase "can't be arsed," which I've seen used a couple times here recently. I'm familiar with "arse" (in, at least, a theoretical sense), but I don't see how it came to be used in this context.

03-31-2009, 09:24 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I can't be arsed to figure this out. So I'll ask . . . What is the origin of the phrase "can't be arsed," which I've seen used a couple times here recently. I'm familiar with "arse" (in, at least, a theoretical sense), but I don't see how it came to be used in this context.