drive the porcelain bus en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈbʌs/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/ (General-American)
- /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈbʌs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Humorous euphemism associating the position of the hands on a toilet seat while vomiting with holding the steering wheel of a bus.
Meanings
- (euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drove the porcelain bus | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| driven the porcelain bus | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| driving the porcelain bus | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drives the porcelain bus | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
cast up one's accounts · honk · sick · boot · drive the porcelain bus · sick up · shoot the cat · purge · talk to Ralph on the big white telephone · puke · bork · barf · upchuck · blow chunks · get sick · vomit · erupt · woof one's cookies · retch · worship the porcelain goddess · heave · regurge · bow down before the porcelain god · boke · gag · ralph · lose one's lunch · throw up · launch one's lunch · toss · worship the porcelain god · chuck · worship the porcelain god · pray to the porcelain god · chuck up · disgorge · chunder · regurgitate · talk to God on the big white telephone · hurl · boak · toss one's cookies · spew · yak · bait · be sick · puke up · cast · whoops