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catch the bus en · VERB

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see catch, the, bus.
2. (Internet, euphemistic) To kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.
   • If anyone's curious, here's a song my band recorded (totally raw... it never made it out of the studio). A friend of mine caught the bus, and this was my way of saying "Peace." 2004, everwestward, “Is suicide contagious? (was Re: Favorite Songs)”, in alt.suicide.holiday (Usenet):
   • this wasn't the first time he spoke of suicide--this was a suicide chat room after all […] 00sexboy00: tonights^([sic]) the night to catch the bus john! u been crying u pussy? ur slanty eyes are all red! john squeezed them shut and nodded. gabe wanted to reach a hand through the monitor to comfort his friend. but all he could do was type. 2011, Jake Vander Ark, Lighthouse Nights:
   • Anyway at the end of my day, I decided to give him a call because the worse^([sic]) thing that would happen is that I would have to catch the bus. 2010, Michael F. Clark, Life By Suicide, page 116:
   • I have the tools for catching the bus, just not the nerve. Soft suicide I can do. Take some pills, no problem. But never do I succeed that way. 2000, (unknown), “catching the bus tonight..... I hope.....”, in alt.suicide.holiday (Usenet):

Forms

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