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Definition of ride the short bus
ride the short bus
verb
- to be mentally or physically challenged. Often, public schools make two bus runs - the "short bus" for "challenged" students and the "regular bus" for all others.
The guy rides the short bus.
Last edited on Aug 21 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 09 1999.
- In a lot of towns, the special-ed kids would ride a half-sized bus to school, field trips, etc. If you ask someone if they rode the short bus, you're comparing their intelligence to the mentally challenged.
You don't know who Macbeth is? Did you ride the short bus to school?
Last edited on Mar 01 2013. Submitted by Scott S. from Pickerington, OH, USA on Feb 11 2002.
- Someone mentally retarded, or slow on the uptake. Origin: The buses used by public school systems to transport mentally disabled children are generally half the size (or smaller) of the regular buses, thus the "Long Bus" for regular kids and the "Short Bus" for the special-ed kids.
Dewey kind of rides the Short Bus if you know what I mean.
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent, dumb.
Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Justin S. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Dec 10 2004.
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Other terms relating to 'unintelligent, dumb': | |
| Definitions include: "more stupid". | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Back Yard University". | |
| Definitions include: imitation of the vocal sound made by a person with severe developmental disabilities. | |
| Definitions include: dumb. | |
| Definitions include: absent minded, inattentive. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: extremely unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: "brain damage", as if spoken by one with brain damage. | |
| Definitions include: lacking in mental ability. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: styling. | |
| Definitions include: contraction of bimbo and ho. | |
| Definitions include: very unintelligent. | |
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| 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: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus. | |
| Definitions include: a way of saying the individual wasn't bright. | |
| Definitions include: to sacrifice another person for personal gain. | |
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| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: an ordeal. | |
| Definitions include: to like a person too much, especially when it's undeserved. | |
| Definitions include: a ride of excitement or great fun. | |
| Definitions include: a group member who piggybacks on the others, gets away clean without doing any work. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "full-ride scholarship". | |
| Definitions include: to dance alongside and/or on a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is still driving forward. | |
| Definitions include: Stolen car | |
| Definitions include: to have a great deal of personal interest in the outcome of a person or event. | |
| Definitions include: a reckless ride taken in a (usually stolen) automobile. | |
| Definitions include: a person who drives a car that has been lowered. | |
| Definitions include: M.A.T. (Moose Area Transit) Rider: A large, overweight, or obese person riding on a scooter, moped, or otherwise motorized two wheeled vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: to customize an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: Someone who will do anything for you. | |
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: 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. | |
| Definitions include: to cheat or swindle. | |
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. | |
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