"short bus" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-short bus.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} short bus (not comparable)
  1. (US, slang, derogatory) Stupid; dumb; slow. Tags: US, derogatory, not-comparable, slang Synonyms: retarded [colloquial, derogatory]
    Sense id: en-short_bus-en-adj-7nleqo3V Categories (other): American English

Noun

Audio: En-au-short bus.ogg [Australia] Forms: short buses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} short bus (plural short buses)
  1. (US, slang) A shorter school bus, typically equipped with a wheelchair lift, used for transporting children who are physically disabled or who are being educated in special programs, often for learning disabilities. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Disability Derived forms: ride the short bus
    Sense id: en-short_bus-en-noun-X4AMPRX1 Disambiguation of Disability: 18 82 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 73

Inflected forms

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