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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:28 AM
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Poll question: Euphemism for the toilet
We've all got them...
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:40 AM
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1. Double vay say (= WC with French accent, Water Closet.)
Edited on Sat Nov-05-11 10:41 AM by elleng
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:41 AM
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2. If your bathroom looks like a bat cave
I'd like to introduce you to these things called cleaning supplies that you can obtain from your local grocer or department store.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:43 AM
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4. I've heard of those.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:42 AM
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3. British: the loo
Edited on Sat Nov-05-11 10:43 AM by no_hypocrisy
I *hate* the terms "Powder Room" or "Little Girls/Boys Room".
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:45 AM
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5. My wife uses "potty" a lot - she also teaches kindergarten.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:54 AM
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6. I grew up with "potty".
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 11:09 AM
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8. We use "do your business" or "do you have any other business?" with the dogs.
The younger one also responds to "do you have poopies" and the older one will hurry up about her business if you are getting frustrated with her reading the p-mail and yell, "Would you just take a shit and get the hell in the house already?".
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 11:28 AM
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9. I really liked the Tatum O'Neil line in "Paper Moon" (1973):
"Daddy, I got to go to the shithouse . . . "
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:56 AM
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7. the biffy
have no idea what it is supposed to mean. Used to hear as a kid in the 50s
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 11:56 AM
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10. You left so many out of the poll!
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 12:01 PM
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11. Talk to the admins - ten just isn't enough for some subjects.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 12:26 PM
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12. Latrine: "Gotta answer latrine call."
Seagoing: Head.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 12:26 PM
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13. Toity
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 12:50 PM
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14. The loo - that from living in the UK for 10 years
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:26 PM
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15. Chez Brickbat, we call it the terlet, which cracks me up every time.
Also the BR.
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Tyrs WolfDaemon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:27 PM
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16. Depends on what was for dinner
If it was lots of roughage, then it's called the salad bowl.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:36 PM
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17. Toire
Edited on Sat Nov-05-11 01:55 PM by AsahinaKimi
Toire = トイレ (Toy-ray)
as in:

トイラyはどこにありますか？ Toire wa doko ni arimasu ka? Where is the toilet?
(toi-ray Wah- doh ko neee are ray mass ka?)
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:59 PM
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18. I have always used "WCP" for toilet paper on my shopping list..
as did my Mom & Grandmother. .
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 02:03 PM
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19. Bog
Toilet paper = bog roll
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 02:10 PM
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20. nt
Edited on Sat Nov-05-11 02:11 PM by madinmaryland
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 02:12 PM
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21. the head.
I'm a boat girl.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 08:07 AM
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38. But one does not "go to" the head. One hits the head.
It is the preferred term in my classroom.
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 03:13 PM
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22. The Boom Boom room
figuring on what happens inside.
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 03:24 PM
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23. Santa Claus
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 03:33 PM
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24. That is disturbing on multiple levels.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 04:34 PM
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27. "Ho, Ho, NOOOOOOOOooo!"
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 04:16 PM
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25. Head, biffy, loo, terlet. That's all I can think of.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 04:27 PM
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26. the big white phone
:evilgrin:

as in talking to Ralph
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 04:37 PM
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28. If the reference is to the actual fixture rather than the room,
we can list all the vomit-related euphemisms, also including the Big White Bus (as in, driving the big white bus).
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 04:40 PM
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29. The "Senate Chamber"
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mysuzuki2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 05:07 PM
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30. Das Klo
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 05:50 PM
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31. The porcelain pony
loo
crapper
can

and one in Estonian: peldik
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 06:06 PM
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32. "Got to see a man about a horse."
Or mule. I never understood it but I like it.
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Major Nikon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 10:47 AM
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42. "Unleash the Kracken"
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 07:35 PM
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33. The beehive. Named for the old outhouse at the family homestead.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 07:38 PM
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34. The john.
Paper is "johnny paper".

This is in Texas.
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Rabblevox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 08:30 PM
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35. The shitter. It's neither difficult nor offensive. /nt
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msu2ba Donating Member (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 09:00 PM
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36. The Whizarium n/t
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 06:38 AM
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37. I always thought "toilet" was a euphemism
...for the shithouse.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 10:03 AM
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39. Pit stop
a pause in the rat race.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 10:38 AM
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40. The oval office.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 10:39 AM
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41. the library. nt
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 03:14 PM
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43. The can.
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 03:33 PM
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44. T ..... in American Sign Language. Shaken slightly, side to side, means toilet



for some reason, I HATE the word "toilet". Ugh, so un-melodious sounding. Any euphemism but that.
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easttexaslefty Donating Member (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 07:17 PM
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45. The restroom. n/t
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 07:24 PM
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46. The Bog, The Growler, The Loo, The 'Necessary'...more
The Comfort Station.
There's one in my town with that sign on it.
The Head, The Latrine, and of course The 'Outhouse'.
Pissoire?
The Gents.
The Ladies.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 07:47 PM
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47. O.co Coliseum
:grr: :banghead: :argh: :nuke:
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 09:17 PM
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48. Reagan's Mouth
Gawd, how I still hate that muthafuckah...
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 09:37 PM
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49. When I was a kid in school up north, kids would ask to go to "the basement"
:shrug:
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azul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-06-11 10:05 PM
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50. sand box
My old boss said this once and it was pretty funny.
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