# catch the bus

> English word · Verb

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/catch-the-bus