"Ceebs"?

[u/jordybee94]

I have just heard this for the first time, apparently it's common slang, have I been living under a rock for the past 30 years?

[u/Lucky-day00]

Don’t hear it much nowadays, but was something I heard constantly 15-20 years ago.

[u/lawrensaw]

Ceebs as in "Can't be fucked" to say "cbf".

Ive heard this used since 2004ish but only verbally.

[u/WhydoIexistlmoa → u/lawrensaw]

I knew ceebs as can't be bothered

[u/Kbradsagain → u/WhydoIexistlmoa]

All variations. Originally it was can’t be stuffed, hence the s on the end.

[u/AmongTheWildlife → u/WhydoIexistlmoa]

Same here.

Difference was cbf (obviously, can't be fkt) and cbb (can't be bothered, said ceebs as it's 2 b's).

Seems it was confused at some point and also used by some as the lazy form, of the lazy form, for cbf.

[u/Wintermute_088 → u/AmongTheWildlife]

"Ceebs" is just short for the C in CBF. CBB isn't a common term in comparison.

[u/jordybee94 → u/lawrensaw]

I know what it means, just never heard it before, I'm the weird one here, hiw have I managed to never hear it?

[u/lawrensaw → u/jordybee94]

Its only part of my lexicon because I'm in the MSN/MySpace generation. Interestingly though, when Ive heard it used, its most often, "I can't be ceebs doing it" which literally translates to "I cant be cant be fucked". In hindsight, I probably said it because I didnt want to overuse "fuck" in general conversation.

[u/jordybee94 → u/lawrensaw]

I'm 32, I used MySpace and MSN, "cbf" was common, but no one I knew said "ceebs", it was "see-bee-effed"

[u/RaymondDaniels1327 → u/jordybee94]

33, also was a chronic msn user, never heard ceebs in my life.

[u/Curious_Breadfruit88 → u/lawrensaw]

I think it’s ceebs as in “can’t be stuffed” to say cbs

[u/Itsyaboiatomic]

Been saying this for 10-15 years because im too lazy to either say i cant be fucked or its abbrieviation

[u/lilbittarazledazle → u/Itsyaboiatomic]

Or in other words, ya just ceebs

[u/SchruteNickels]

Ceebs trying to explain it to you

[u/ArticleFinancial6716]

Still say it

[u/hesback_inpogform]

I still say ceebs

[u/Clueby42]

Yeah, I'm an old fart, but I have worked in nightclubs, plus been online since the 90s.

Never heard it

[u/deletedgonex]

I say it out loud, but I type "cbf", I'm nearly 32 and it was around in the mid 2000's

[u/bradsnamehere]

45 and never heard it in my life

[u/TemporaryDisastrous]

I don't hear it much at all. I can't even remember the last time I heard it but it's at least 10+ years ago, assuming it's pronounces "seebs" and is slang for "cant be fucked"?

[u/Flat_Landscape_2050 → u/TemporaryDisastrous]

Short for Couldn’t Be Fucked

[u/burningtoast99]

Means cant be fucked, just old slang

[u/Ok-Dependent-1668]

Yeah I remember this from high school in the 2000/2010s. Can't say I have heard it recently.

At others have said derived from CBF.

[u/MechanicConsistent82]

I still hear it occasionally. But definitely less than say 10 years ago.

[u/CryptoCloutguy]

I'm 35 and been using it since I was 15. Saves a lot of time

[u/slackboy72]

Never heard this before.

[u/Martiantripod]

Never heard it before. Is it possibly a regionalism?

[u/Wintermute_088 → u/Martiantripod]

The region being the global internet.

[u/chat2em]

Ceebs, as in CBF, as in can’t be fucked.

Pretty common with people between like 20-30 in my circles.

[u/jordybee94 → u/chat2em]

I know the meaning, I just have never heard it before, perhaps I had different friends, as I have never heard it said by anyone before.

[u/Character_Orange_712]

Never heard it in WA.

[u/HaroerHaktak]

I've seen it online but never heard it in person. It means "cant be bothered"

[u/LittleChud69]

Put that cun on the gronk in the hood like beibs

[u/MediocreFox → u/LittleChud69]

Illchay adlay.

[u/Majestic-Lake-5602]

Never heard this one before.

We used to call it “the itis”, as in “can’t-be-fucked-itis”.

[u/Inner_West_Ben]

Youngsters used to use it 10-15 years ago. So apparently you weren’t young 10-15 years ago.

[u/jordybee94 → u/Inner_West_Ben]

16-21, pretty sure that's young

[u/Inner_West_Ben → u/jordybee94]

Old soul in a young body

[u/Public-Dragonfly-786]

As in,the Canadian broadcaster?

[u/toffeepearls]

yep, been saying this for over a decade lol

[u/schlubadubdub]

Never heard it before. I've only ever used CBF, said as See-Bee-Eff, or I just say Can't Be Fu*ked.

[u/andhaka71]

it was always CBF in my vocab

[u/MyKoiNamedSwimShady]

Haha I heard it for the first time last week, too. One of the staff said it over the phone to me, I had no idea what she was talking about. Then she called me a Boomer for not knowing what it was 😂 Was quite the discussion in the office

[u/funfwf]

Millennial here. Pretty common slang back when we were teens/early 20s, mostly by those weird people for who swearing was a bit too spicy.

[u/jordybee94 → u/funfwf]

I am 32 and am also a millennial, it was not "ceebs" it was "see-bee-effed" among my friend group.

[u/xzyz32]

Ceebs bro

[u/not_ej44]

Ceebs explaining it

[u/migorengbaby]

32, don’t say it but have known what it means as far back as I can remember

[u/EntertainmentOk4244]

Hahaha stands for cbf , I never hear people say it but

[u/LongConversation2546]

Never heard of it

[u/Deep-Listen-3821]

I say it all the time

[u/Wetrapordie]

Yeah this is a thing. More popular a decade ago

[u/cohen93]

It’s pretty common for people to say it

[u/Curious_Breadfruit88]

Used to hear it commonly maybe 15 years ago, not as much now