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[quote=WANHU,501673]Dear BBQQ
Tehere are many theories about the origin of water closet where closet means a small room, cabinet, cupboard or even a cubicle.  Perhaps you have heard of skeletons in the closet where closet means something we do not wish others to know.  Water is sometimes associated with human waste especially urine, thus we often heard people say passing water for urinating.  Some lexicographers termed water closet because it has water to flush such as using cistern.  Whatever the theories are, each terminology has its own meaning such as latrine usually meant for large communal trench for urination.  Water closet usually is smaller than bathroom.  Bathroom also has its own history where people use tubs in the room for bathing instead of public bath.

Like I mentioned before, still in some architectural drawings, architects used WC instead of Toilet.  There is  nothing significant which word to use, but on flights usually you can see the words written Lavatory instead of Toilet.

In certain euphemism, some people of the past used various words for toilet, such as powder room, John (for male toilet), even seeing a grandma.  You will be surprised to know these funny words used in certain community.  For non English speaking natives hearing these words indeed tickled our funny bone.

Wan[/quote]

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