drive the porcelain bus

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drive the porcelain bus

/ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈbʌs/ UK
/ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/ US
/ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈbʌs/ US

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Humorous euphemism associating the position of the hands on a toilet seat while vomiting with holding the steering wheel of a bus.

verb drives the porcelain bus · driving the porcelain bus · drove the porcelain bus · driven the porcelain bus

euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).
Similar: bait, barf, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, bork, bow down before the porcelain god, cast, cast up one's accounts, chuck

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@misc{drive_the_porcelain_bus_2026,
  title = {drive the porcelain bus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drive%20the%20porcelain%20bus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}