catch the bus

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catch the bus

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

verb catches the bus · catching the bus · caught the bus

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

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@misc{catch_the_bus_2026,
  title = {catch the bus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catch%20the%20bus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}