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

FWIW, for toilets in public establishments, "washroom" is more of a Canadian term; Americans would say "restroom." "Bathroom" is for private homes.

2011年8月8日 · "Washroom" may be the most widespread euphemism that does not have the possibly misleading connotations that "bathroom" and "restroom" have. In the US, I have only heard the term …

2019年11月21日 · Furthermore, "washroom" is synonymous with "bathroom", so we're back to not having a name to describe a room for only bathing and washing hands (and sometimes laundry).

2013年12月29日 · In a public washroom, multiple toilets are separated into stalls for privacy. In the United Kingdom the bake sale is known as a cake stall. a high-backed booth at a restaurant

Washroom is an acceptable euphamism. Typically, the location where you take care of such business is referred to as the bathroom when it's in your home, and a restroom (or the men's room/ladies' room) …

2011年9月7日 · "John" is sometimes used as slang for a bathroom or a toilet. I'm curious, what is the origin of this usage?

2016年4月13日 · I was wondering about the origin of using the terms "number one" and "number two" for going to the bathroom (for those unaware, number one is urinating, number two is defecating, at …

2014年12月5日 · The irony is that both toilet and lavatory are already euphemisms, they both actually mean washroom! So the Americans now use a euphemism to hide the "vulgar" use of another …

2014年2月21日 · In the US it proper and polite to say the "restroom," "ladies'/gentlemen's room," "bathroom," or "washroom." In the U.S. both of the other phrases are not common, but would be …