Aug 8, 2011 · @Mark Schultheiss: That might cause a problem for people who are concerned about the perception of using "toilet", "loo", or "lavatory" in polite society, but those people probably would have …

Feb 21, 2014 · "Loo" is not at all rude in British English; it's not even particularly informal. In American English, "toilet" refers nearly always to the piece of furniture and not the room that contains it.

The word gardyloo is a warning cry uttered before throwing wastewater (literally and euphemistically) out of a window. Every source I've found has traced this word back to some French phrase transl...

Excuse me, I'm just going to the loo. at work and that would not be inappropriate. If you were in a more formal context you could say Excuse me, I'm just going to the toilet. You could substitute "bathroom" …

What is the British equivalent of the American 'washroom'? (Besides 'loo', of course, as it is informal.) I've found two definitions, with both saying that they are of American English as opposed to British …

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

According to the OED, in Middle English there are two distinct words "lo" or "loo" which have fallen together; one of them is indeed derived from a form of "look", but the other "lá, an exclamation …

Nice to see an answer referencing Robert Burns, but being thrown for a loop is different than everyday mishaps. Yours is more like, "When man makes plans, God laughs." Being thrown for a loop is much …

Dec 6, 2014 · While Americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as "loo-tenant", folks from the UK pronounce it as "lef-tenant". Why?

Oct 3, 2013 · Toilet and loo could be used to refer to all of the above. The probably apochryphal story is that early train carriages had two rooms, one marked 'toilet', which contained the toilet, and one …