Meanings
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKcolloquialinvariableCannot be bothered.
"Okay I’m following on the extremely pricey Dyson with this cheapie – when I’m lazy and ceebs filling my entire eyebrows in with colour, I use this guy."
2018 June 26, Melissa Mason, “Beauty Products For Hot Messes With Zero Time For Looking After Themselves”, in Pedestrian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKcolloquialno pluralAn activity for which one has little or no enthusiasm. Often accompanied by a size qualifier to signify the magnitude of the apathy.
"Don't understand why people wear make up on holiday, it's such a ceebs"
2014 July 30, El♡ (@_ElyPheasant), “El♡ on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018 - AustraliaNew ZealandUKcolloquialno pluraloften preceded by "the"A humorous, fictional "illness" caused by a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
"I've got a major case of the ceebs as regards making breakfast. If it was really that important I'd be bothered, right?"
2012 August 19, cam smith (@sexenheimer), “cam smith on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKcolloquialAn expression of a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
"So, the essay's tomorrow… if you want to pass, you'll have to study tonight." "Ceebs!"
- AustraliaNew Zealandinformalnot comparabletedious.
It's so ceebs! Can't be bothered to do anything on a Monday!
2023, Christopher Bahng, Chan's Room, episode 205
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).
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Cite this entry
ceebs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceebs
“ceebs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceebs. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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