catch the bus

== English == === Etymology === Originated on the alt.suicide.holiday Usenet newsgroup in the 1990s.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How did it originate? What was the context and what does ‘the bus’ refer to?”) === Pronunciation === === Verb === catch the bus (third-person singular simple present catches the bus, present participle catching the bus, simple past and past participle caught the bus) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see catch,‎ the,‎ bus. (euphemistic, chiefly Internet slang) To kill oneself deliberately; to commit suicide.