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drive the porcelain bus

/ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
drive the por-ce-lain bus
IPA
/ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).

Humorous

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/
  • British English: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈbʌs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

drives the porcelain bus (present, singular) driving the porcelain bus (participle, present) drove the porcelain bus (past) driven the porcelain bus (participle, past)

Synonyms

bait barf be sick blow chunks boak boke boot bork bow down before the porcelain god cast cast up one's accounts chuck

Rhymes With

us plus thus bus discuss gus fuss truss rus sus pus buss

Questions

How do you pronounce drive the porcelain bus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/.
What does drive the porcelain bus mean?
Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).
Where does drive the porcelain bus come from?
Humorous euphemism associating the position of the hands on a toilet seat while vomiting with holding the steering wheel of a bus.

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