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noun
- 1. a room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets: "he locked himself in the downstairs lavatory"
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Jul 4, 2015 · Yoichi Oishi. 70.3k 164 476 857. 3. 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 synonyms. But when dealing with hoity-toity upper class one must only use words they approve of.
I'd just like to agree with 2revs. For my sins, I went to quite a posh private school, and saying toilet was a definite no-no. Lavatory was the standard word, but at school most people said bog. So I was happy when loo left its original 'U' niche, and became fairly classless.
Aug 8, 2011 · In most places in the US, although people know what a "lavatory" is, that term sounds very technical and is usually reserved for airplanes. Another generic euphemism that is common in the US is "washroom". "Washroom" may be the most widespread euphemism that does not have the possibly misleading connotations that "bathroom" and "restroom" have.
Feb 21, 2014 · 'Lavatory' is the 'matter of fact' term that sanitary engineers would us if planning some of the public variety - 'public lavatories'. Aircraft toilets are often called 'lavatories'. I'm not sure why. 'Public convenience' (a bit dated) is the euphemism for a public lavatory.
Feb 19, 2012 · According to Etymonline, this meaning of throne is recorded from 1922. As to why the word throne acquired this meaning, there is a theory. Back in the European Middle Ages it was only the powerful rulers of an area who had what we today would consider toilets. There was an isolated room in the castle where only the master of the premises had ...
Sep 7, 2011 · 13. According to Etymonline, the term probably derives from jack or jakes (regardless of the John Harrington angle). john "toilet," 1932, probably from jack, jakes, used for "toilet" since 16c. (see jack). Even the article mentioned by @ect says pretty much the same thing: Around this time, Harington also devised Britain's first flushing toilet ...
Oct 17, 2014 · These are called stalls.Wikipedia shows the definition of "stall" as . a small enclosure of some kind, usually less enclosed than a room.
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Dec 1, 2013 · 8. In Italian we can say "Buon lavoro" to someone who is working and it basically means that we wish him/her the best while working (It can be literally translated with "Good work" but it sounds just wrong). It's like when you say "Good morning" to someone and it can be roughly translated with: "Have a good day at work".
