English edit

Prepositional phrase edit

on the other bus

  1. (UK, slang, derogatory) Homosexual.
    • 2013, Conrad Jones, Black Angel:
      “He's a bit of a loner and I think he's on the other bus, if you know what I mean.” He added and waved a limp wrist over the bar. The other men reacted to the news that Blackman might be gay by shaking their heads in disgust []
    • 2015, Don Galloway, Time Ryder Powerstone Book Two:
      “So am I. C'mon you never noticed that he's on the other bus?” he said, and then thought that Valana probably didn't even know what a bus was. “He's well groomed, takes care of himself a bit too much, if that doesn't give you any clues, []

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References edit

  • Tony Thorne (2014) “on the other bus”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  []: Bloomsbury