Bathroom, restroom, washroom, toilet, water closet, lavatory

0This has been discussed before please search it on the right above.0-

0 In British use, we would use "01b00toilet/bathroom/loo02b00". .Quite generally in restaurants and other public places, the question is "Where is the ladies'?" or "Where is the gents'?" - the word "toilets" is understood but usually omitted. 02br
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01b00Water closet02b00 is never used, except in technical description.

1b00Bathroom02b00 (especially AmE) is what is in BrE, 01b00toilet or lavatory02b00.02br
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00A r01b00estroom02b00 or 01b00rest room02b00 is AmE. In BrE, 01b00toilet02b00 is usually used.02br
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01b00Washroom02b00 01i

0In the US, it's "bathroom" in a home and "restroom" in a public facilty (like a restaurant, etc.). In public, you also refer to the ladies' room or the men's room.0-

0 A room in a home that has only a toilet and a sink (i.e. no bathtub or shower) might also be called a "powder room" (AmE). 0-

0Oh yes - but I don't usually hear that except in a description of a house for sale.02br
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00Amy, I have a split-level, and downstairs, the washer and dryer share the same room as the toilet and sink. But because of the location, it requires a pump of some sort under the toilet, so you have to actually climb up two steps to sit there. I call it "the Throne Roome" but alas,

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00slang - bog, heads, jakes (but these are not very polite. There are worse names too but let's not go into those)02br
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00pretty everyday - loo, ladies, gents, 02br
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00toilet - used a lot 20-odd years ago but starting to sound a bit coarse these days (and some people always found it awful)02br
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0"Head" is okay if you're on a boat though, right? At least, that's what I've always heard from my AE friends who boat. I have one dear friend with the rather irritating habit of always calling it the head...as if he's SO used to being on a boat he just can't break that habit 05002br
00 Oh, and many AE speakers, in an excess of delicacy, refer to the "little girls'" or "little boy

0Thank you so much to all of you. So, no one here uses "washroom" nowadays?02br
00Toilet can mean the plumbing fixture and also the room. Do you call the toilet (the fixture) other names, such as loo? 0-

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00The term 'washroom' is not uncommon in Canada.02br
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00Clive0-