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Definition of take the short bus to school
take the short bus to school
verb
- a way of saying the individual wasn't bright. Locally, and this is rather cruel, as slang derivations often are, special education kids are typically sent to school in smaller-than-usual school buses, known as "short buses."
Last edited on Jan 22 2013. Submitted by Dan O. from Omaha, NE, USA on May 10 2003.
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Other terms relating to 'bus': | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to miss an opportunity. | |
| Definitions include: Toilet. | |
| Definitions include: to sit on ("ride") the toilet for an extended period of time, usually due to diarrhea or general bowel distress. | |
| Definitions include: to be mentally or physically challenged. | |
| Definitions include: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus. | |
| Definitions include: to sacrifice another person for personal gain. | |
Other terms relating to 'school': | |
| Definitions include: business school. | |
| Definitions include: See school. | |
| Definitions include: old. | |
| Definitions include: a college or university applied to that is sure to accept the applicant, in case the applicant is rejected by all other schools applied to. | |
| Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school." | |
| Definitions include: the metaphorical "school" of bad experiences. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat. | |
| Definitions include: with an exaggerated sense of one's coolness. | |
Other terms relating to 'short': | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence. | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: See short fuse. | |
| Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation. | |
| Definitions include: under-supplied. | |
| Definitions include: a summary. | |
| Definitions include: long story short. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: really stupid. | |
| Definitions include: to be mentally or physically challenged. | |
| Definitions include: out of luck; "in the doghouse". | |
| Definitions include: pubic hair, usually male. | |
| Definitions include: brief and to the point. | |
| Definitions include: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus. | |
Other terms relating to 'take': | |
| Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it." | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: compromise. | |
| Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed." | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely, or defeat severely. | |
| Definitions include: taking bribes. | |
| Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to have to go take a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: to get something to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: taking a chance on something. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: he needs to relax. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'to': | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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