English Explanatory Dictionary

catch the bus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see catch, the, bus.
  2. To kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catch the bus.wav

Word forms

catch the bus catches the bus catching the bus caught the bus

Etymology

Originated on the alt.suicide.holiday Usenet newsgroup in the 1990s.

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