Jul 4, 2015 · A "lavatory" is a place where you wash your hands, and a "toilet" is a lady's boudoir. Of course, both these terms are used as euphemisms for "craphouse", and in that sense they are …

I've always been confused by the terms washroom, restroom, bathroom, lavatory, toilet and toilet room. My impression is that Canadians would rather say washroom while Americans would probably say

Feb 19, 2012 · I have come across the usage of 'throne' for a lavatory. Is there any special etymology to this? Is it simply because a throne is a seat? Or does the equivalence have any royal …

Closed 12 years ago. Possible Duplicate: “Washroom”, “restroom”, “bathroom”, “lavatory”, “toilet” or “toilet room” What is the British equivalent of the American 'washroom'? (Besides 'loo', of course, as …

Dec 20, 2015 · Hence, a bath-room, a lavatory; (contextually), a lavatory bowl or pedestal; a room or cubicle containing a lavatory. so depending on the context, it can mean either.

Nov 15, 2018 · I am trying to find out what would be natural terms to refer to the lavatory in the US in the 1950s. I am specifically interested in how a woman who was a teenager at that time in a poor …

Aug 8, 2011 · Both lavatory and loo are fine, and it's meaningless to talk about which is correct or more correct, IMHO. Interestingly, these terms are quite strong class indicators in the UK: loo is more often …

The way "U/non-U" distinctions meant that upper class people preferred "toilet" (if referring to it at all was necessary) while middle-class people preferred "lavatory" or being euphemistic, along with different …

Sep 7, 2011 · "John" is sometimes used as slang for a bathroom or a toilet. I'm curious, what is the origin of this usage?

Feb 12, 2020 · A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (edited by Terence Patrick Dolan) mentions two origins from two different sources: 1. "poss. combination of bang and smash" …