☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのthe smallest room in the house (and other great euphamisms)

Did you know that "toilet" derives from a French word meaning "wash cloth".
We use so many words to describe the toilet and most of them are euphamisms.

Americans sometimes use the john, the lavatory or the lav for short, English
use the bog, Australians sometimes say the dunny. English speakers the world
over use the wash room or the bath room.

Can you think of any more?

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[2] mixiユーザー 12月11日 20:22

WC? Water Closet I think its called

[3] mixiユーザー 12月11日 20:23

Americans are most famous for calling it the "bathroom".

Toilet can also be known as a "WC" or "water closet".

[4] mixiユーザー 12月11日 20:23

Oh,and in the UK,we also say LOO

[5] mixiユーザー 12月11日 20:28

Not as common but more of a joke term:
"The throne"
"The office"

[6] mixiユーザー 12月11日 20:48

The Shitter

[7] mixiユーザー 12月12日 00:13

i go to the can mostly

or i drop the kids off at the pool.

[8] mixiユーザー 12月12日 00:51

Seems like they use "washroom" in Canada. I see those signs a lot in Vancouver, B.C.

I hear "men's room" all the time here in the U.S.

[9] mixiユーザー 12月12日 01:09

"the head" - as in "I gotta go hit the head." Originally military slang.

Also, "I've got to go and see a man about a horse."

[10] mixiユーザー 12月12日 02:27

"ladies room"

[11] mixiユーザー 12月12日 02:59

"the facilities". As in, "Excuse me, I need to go use the facilities".
Maybe that's only my (decidedly strange) family... ?

[12] mixiユーザー 12月12日 03:13

The Comfort Room... or CR for short

[13] mixiユーザー 12月12日 04:03

This isn't with the toilet one but it's another french meaning. Douche means clean or shower in french, I think? Not 100% sure but I think it's something close to that. Douche in english is well...some thing else...... I have french body wash that says "Gel Douche et bain" and I laughed out loud the first time i saw it because of the english meaning.

[14] mixiユーザー 12月12日 04:48

Speaking of similar words having different meanings depending upon the language... I killed myself laughing when I learned in my Spanish class that "constipado" means "stuffed nose." Stuffed, alright...

[16] mixiユーザー 12月12日 06:58

shit box lol

i like that one

were am from{ NY} we usually use rest room and bathoom

[17] mixiユーザー 12月12日 09:01

Don't forget about "the jacks".

[18] mixiユーザー 12月12日 16:55

>> 15: Funky Love Bunny
>> Porcelain Bus

Isn't the porcelain bus what you ride when
you've had a few dozen too many? I wonder
if it still counts as a toilet euphamism?

[19] mixiユーザー 12月12日 17:19

taking the dog for a walk

[20] mixiユーザー 12月12日 17:34

I somehow like the Japanese "make up room"...
wonder why guys don't feel offended by it.... :-D

[21] mixiユーザー 12月12日 19:33

rajio:
> Isn't the porcelain bus what you ride when
> you've had a few dozen too many? I wonder
> if it still counts as a toilet euphamism?

The "porcelain bus" is the toilet. The theory being that toilets are made of porcelain.

What you do when you've had a few dozen too many is "pray to the porcelain god". That may be what you're thinking of.

[23] mixiユーザー 12月13日 05:53

Powder room.

[24] mixiユーザー 12月13日 09:45

Did you know a man named Thomas Crapper helped popularize the flush toilet?

[25] mixiユーザー 12月13日 09:59

>Robocop.

Thank you for beating me to the punch!

But yes, we call it "The Crapper" in my house. There is also "The Commode," "The shitter," "The John" and stuff like that.

[26] mixiユーザー 12月13日 19:44

I feel a bit sorry for him. In Australia when something isn't good, we often
say it's crap...i.e. shit. So his name is forever associated with...well, crap.

[27] mixiユーザー 12月14日 02:39

Rajio -

We say that in the US too.

[28] mixiユーザー 12月14日 04:55

Dumping Grounds
Potty
Pot Pot :P
The Reliever
Bowl of Relief

[29] mixiユーザー 12月14日 05:47

my dad call sit the WC watercabinet. I guess this is a techical term...

[30] mixiユーザー 12月14日 06:50

In arcitectural plans they use "WC" to describe the toilet, and I've
heard it called the water closet by a few people.

[31] mixiユーザー 12月14日 08:50

I don't use it this myself, but I always thought people calling it "the head" is hilarious

[32] mixiユーザー 12月14日 12:27

"The head" is a navy thing, by the way, from toilets being at the head (or front) of the boat.

(The reason being, because when you're sailing forwards the wind is usually coming from behind you, and you want the wind blowing the smell away from the boat.)

[34] mixiユーザー 12月19日 02:17

honesty room where you can simply be you.

[36] mixiユーザー 12月19日 08:11

>33　Funky Love Bunny：I had a toilet explode on me when I was in a night >club on the central coast near sydney.

That happened to the toilet upstairs from us (the tenant wasn't home). A waterfall came down all over my food cupboard - yuck! They said it had something to do with water pressure building up do to improper venting.

>ify: were am from{ NY} we usually use rest room and bathoom OK
Yeah, I'm from NY, too and the only thing I can add to that is that in someone's house it's always "bathroom" or maybe "toilet", but "rest room", "mens room", "ladies room" is generally used for a public place - restaurant, theater, etc.

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