Definition of to 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':
drive the porcelain bus	Definitions include: to vomit.
miss the bus	Definitions include: to miss an opportunity.
porcelain bus	Definitions include: Toilet.
ride the porcelain bus	Definitions include: to sit on ("ride") the toilet for an extended period of time, usually due to diarrhea or general bowel distress.
ride the short bus	Definitions include: to be mentally or physically challenged.
short bus to hell	Definitions include: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus.
throw under the bus	Definitions include: to sacrifice another person for personal gain.
Other terms relating to 'school':
b school	Definitions include: business school.
get schooled	Definitions include: See school.
old-school	Definitions include: old.
safety school	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.
school	Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school."
school of hard knocks	Definitions include: the metaphorical "school" of bad experiences.
take to school	Definitions include: to defeat.
too cool for school	Definitions include: with an exaggerated sense of one's coolness.
Other terms relating to 'short':
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
have a short fuse	Definitions include: See short fuse.
have by the short hairs	Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation.
laid out short	Definitions include: under-supplied.
long and short of, the	Definitions include: a summary.
LSS	Definitions include: long story short.
one fry short of a Happy Meal	Definitions include: crazy.
one sandwich short of a picnic	Definitions include: really stupid.
ride the short bus	Definitions include: to be mentally or physically challenged.
short	Definitions include: out of luck; "in the doghouse".
short and curlies	Definitions include: pubic hair, usually male.
short and sweet	Definitions include: brief and to the point.
short bus to hell	Definitions include: "Short bus" refers to a handicapped school bus.
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Other terms relating to 'take':
cojelo con take it easy	Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it."
double take	Definitions include: a second look.
give and take	Definitions include: compromise.
it takes two to tango.	Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed."
kick *ss and take names	Definitions include: to beat severely, or defeat severely.
on the take	Definitions include: taking bribes.
piss taking	Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss.
take	Definitions include: to rob or extort.
take a	Definitions include: to have to go take a shit.
take a bean out of	Definitions include: to mistreat.
take a bone	Definitions include: to get something to eat.
take a boo	Definitions include: to take a look.
take a brody	Definitions include: taking a chance on something.
take a chat	Definitions include: to defecate.
take a chill pill	Definitions include: he needs to relax.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
be up to	Definitions include: to do.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
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