just ceebs
- idiom
- Slang
:
no tengo ganas
- We could go to the gym, but honestly, just ceebs.
Examples
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I was going to cook dinner, but just ceebs tonight.
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Do you want to come out? Nah, just ceebs after that long meeting.
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I just ceebs about doing my homework.
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He just ceebs when it comes to cleaning his room.
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I was invited to a party, but I just ceebs and decided to stay home instead.
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She wanted to go for a walk, but after a long day at work, she felt just ceebs.
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When asked if he would help with the project, he replied that he was feeling just ceebs today.
Synonyms
8
4.4
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
4
3.9
Not showing much interest or excitement
1
5.3
Not showing excitement or interest
1
9.1
Very lazy and not willing to do any work or help
Feeling too lazy to do anything
To feel very lazy and not want to do anything
Not willing to do any work most of the time
Antonyms
How Motivated
Surface Forms
Morphology
just + ceebs
The key element 'ceebs' is slang/clipped speech (from 'can't be bothered') with no transparent semantic relation to its surface form, so a learner who only knows the literal constituents cannot infer the meaning. 'Just' only adds emphasis and does not make the slang interpretable; the expression is language-specific and idiomatic, therefore unpredictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Just ceebs may come from saying the letters 'C' and 'B' for 'can't be bothered', which quickly sounds like ceebs. So just ceebs is a quick shrug meaning 'I can't be bothered' or 'I don't want to', and that is why people use it when they feel too lazy to do something.