Phrase guide

drive the porcelain bus

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈbʌs/
  • General-American: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/
  • General-American: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈbʌs/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌs

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bait, barf, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, bork, bow down before the porcelain god, cast, cast up one's accounts, chuck, chuck up, chunder, disgorge, drive the porcelain bus, erupt, gag, get sick, heave, honk, hurl, launch one's lunch, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke, puke up, purge, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, shoot the cat, sick, sick up, spew, talk to God on the big white telephone, talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, throw up, toss, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, woof one's cookies, whoops, worship the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess, yak

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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