A small bus that is not always used for transporting special education students. It is also used in small school districts in which it would be wasteful to use a full size bus every day.
1. noun. (derogetory) school bus shorter in length than a conventional school bus commonly used to transport students with physical or mental handicaps.
2. adjective. (derogetory) describes student who rides such a bus. See also, special.
3. adjective. (derogetory) lacking in mental capacity, or stupid. See also retarded.
1. The students on the curb made jokes as the short bus pulled into the school.
2. The kid in the wheelchair was often called a short bus kid behind his back.
3. You put your shoes on before your socks? That's a pretty short bus solution.
A school bus which is often used to transport handicapped students. I used to ride the short bus, but it was just a regular bus which happened to be around half the length of all the rest of the buses; not specially designed for the handicapped.