The Gàdhlig for “high road” is “rathad àrd” - pro uncles approx rat art. East to see how ‘he’s on the high road’ could be a euphemism for drunk and then be mis heard & taken up as rat arsed in English and Scots, Geordie etc.
It means very drunk. I think it came from a medieval torture method,where a rat was placed on the victim's stomach and a bucket placed on top of it. The bucket was then heated and the rat would burrow into the victim's stomach trying to escape. It would eventually come out of the victim's backside.The victim would be dead (from bleeding) by this stage. So being truly "rat-arsed" is not a good thing.
Well obviously the term cba in text means.. . .cant be arsed . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. ... . . .. . Cant be asked
a sea rat is a slang term for a pirate
if your a sissy then its swearing if not its not swearing!
An Asian black rat is an alternative term for the black rat.
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ratusFor example: Ratus norvigicus, the Norway Rat
A blind rat is another term for a mole rat - any of a group of small rodents in the families Bathyergidae and Spalacidae.
Arsed is another word for bothered. If you can't be arsed, you can't be bothered. "Go get me a drink please..." You might say... "Can't be arsed." You get the idea.
CBA means Can't Be Arsed
Cant Be Arsed / Cant be bothered