USAGE: arsed (was: RE: CHAT: Re: Aniese: whose is this?)

> Paul Bennett
> Matt>>>>>>
>
> I've never seen this use of the word "arsed" before, and I can't
> quite figure out what it means in this context.  Please elucidate.
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> =="bothered"
> Semantically identical to bVggered and fVcked in this context.
Tho "can't be buggered/fucked to do sthg" don't exist in my idiolect,
while as a verb ARSE occurs only in "arse about" = "mess about,
monkey about" and "be arsed to" ="be bothered to". So I perceive no
semantic identity with buggered/fucked. And moreover it's not really
a rude word.
--And.