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It refers to a smaller bus used to ferry students to special education programs, with the implication that they're all dumb and so is the person being insulted.
by Malician 12y ago
It refers to a smaller bus used to ferry students to special education programs, with the implication that they're all dumb and so is the person being insulted.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ride_the_short_bus http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ride_the_short_bus
So, yeah, please don't use it :) (if you really want to see the context of the common usage, you can do a google image search for "short bus".)
- sandworm 12y agoThat's really not how it's used around here (west coast canada). They aren't associated with special needs kids. When I rode motorcycles at university the term was used for any silly-looking vehicle. A Jeep TJ with a lift and big rims, or a large truck with a tiny trailer would be called "short bus" if it looked taller than long. I think that was the context Archer meant. (s04e09 "The Honeymooners" when Lana an Archer pose as newlyweds)