catch the bus
(euphemistic, chiefly, internet slang) To kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.
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Born ~1990 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Today I tried crossing Rothesay avenue at 9am to catch the bus. Closest crosswalk adds over half a kilometer.. sheeesh
This is the kind of thing that I would do because I have the time before the next bus returns to Lyle and Bingen. Just to see what it’s really like. And I could catch the bus on the other side of the bridge. I might b…
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(euphemistic, chiefly, internet slang) To kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.
“Today I tried crossing Rothesay avenue at 9am to catch the bus. Closest crosswalk adds over half a kilometer.. sheeesh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is the kind of thing that I would do because I have the time before the next bus returns to Lyle and Bingen. Just to see what it’s really like. And I could catch the bus on the other side of the bridge. I might be getting a little too old for that shit, though.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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