The bog. One of the most commonly known and albeit, cruder terms has to be the “bog”. To simply put it, the term “bog” comes from quite a literal sense back in 1789 from the 'boghouse', which is British slang meaning to defecate.
Dunny is Australian/New Zealand slang for a toilet.
KYBO. According to The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this name for an outdoor toilet is an acronym from the '70s for Keep Your Bowels in Order.
THE LOO. The 'loo' is very common in the UK & Ireland, and is a safe and polite way to say toilet.
Crapper. Meaning: What is this? (Noun) An American slang for toilet.
An old Tudor phrase for lavatory, jacks is a term more commonly used in Ireland. This is likely a reference to Jack Power, who invented the first multiple cubicle toilet.
'Lavatory' is a good option for people looking for a very formal word to use in very formal occasions.
One of the cruder words on this list, the use of the word 'bog' to refer to the toilet dates back to 1789, when it took the form 'boghouse'. Boghouse comes from the British slang meaning to defecate, so when you go the bog, you really are being quite literal!
Garderobes and public toilets were eventually replaced by the "commode", a box with a seat and a lid covering a porcelain or copper pot to catch the waste (Marie Antoinette's commode, below right).
5. The word Djilawa (meaning toilet) has been included on all their bathroom doors.
Crapper is slang term for a toilet.
The dunny was originally any outside toilet. In cities and towns the pan-type dunny was emptied by the dunny man, who came round regularly with his dunny cart. Dunny can now be used for any toilet. The word comes from British dialect dunnekin meaning an 'earth closet, (outside) privy' from dung + ken 'house'.
Because it had water, it became known as the water closet. Somehow the name stuck, and plumbers continue to refer to a toilet as a water closet. That's what the “WC” imprinted on most toilets stands for.
Powder room, commode
A less genteel Southern-ism for the bathroom is “commode.” While more widely it's used to refer to a ship's bathroom, in the South, it's just any toilet, land-bound or not.
Locally, Aussies often use Dunny or, if you're in rural areas, maybe even Thunderbox.
Yes, the humble toilet has been deemed too common for posh people. According to Hanson, the word's origins come from the French word 'toilette' which is used to describe someone's appearance. You really wouldn't want to look like a toilet would you? Loo or lavatory are much more acceptable.
cludgie: toilet. 'Oh dear Senga, finding a toilet in the countryside nowadays is not easy. ' The Scottish Word: cludgie with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.
The word “latrine,” or latrina in Latin, was used to describe a private toilet in someone's home, usually constructed over a cesspit. Public toilets were called foricae. They were often attached to public baths, whose water was used to flush down the filth.
The term garderobe is also used to refer to a medieval or Renaissance toilet or a close stool. In a medieval castle, a garderobe was usually a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the moat (like a fish pond toilet), depending on the structure of the building.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Necessary – Outhouse, water closet; bathroom.
Fanny is an extremely offensive Australasian slang term for the female genitalia, so announcing to an Australasian that you ``patted your friend on the fanny'' can can leave him or her with decidedly the wrong impression. The word you are searching for is bum.
In America, a bum bag is known as a fanny pack. If you call it a bum bag in North America or a fanny pack in Australia or the UK, you might get shocked looks or sniggers. To avoid awkwardness, some brands use “hip pack” or “waist bag” instead.