dunny – a toilet, the appliance or the room – especially one in a separate outside building. This word has the distinction of being the only word for a toilet which is not a euphemism of some kind. It is from the old English dunnykin: a container for dung. However Australians use the term toilet more often than dunny.
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'. First recorded in the 1930s but dunnekin is attested in Australian sources from the 1840s.
We call it the 'toilet' or the 'bathroom' in Australia.
'Washroom' is another formal word that most English speakers will understand. It is mostly used in the USA. 'Restroom' is a safe term to use in the United States and won't offend anyone.
Dunny. Meaning: (Noun) An Australian slang for a toilet that can be used outside the premises. In the old days when the toilet was not as refined as it is now, the one who collects the filled underparts of the dunny was called a “dunnyman”.
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nounAustralian Informal. lavatory; toilet.
Thunderbox, a slang word for a portable toilet.
Loo is an informal yet polite British term for toilet. The word “loo” has interesting origins and can be traced back to Medieval Europe, when chamber pots had to be emptied from bedroom windows onto the street below.
THE LOO. The 'loo' is very common in the UK & Ireland, and is a safe and polite way to say toilet.
On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rest room, such as: latrine, lavatory, men's room, outhouse, toilet, and urinal.
They make all the sense in the world - the bidet shooting a stream of water at our private bits to wash them after we relieve ourselves. But, like in the US and UK, bidets aren't commonly used here in Australia.
The washroom is a polite word for the bathroom.
"Washroom" is basically the Canadian version of "restroom."
American English uses washroom for public convenience facility in commercial and public places. The term bathroom is used for smaller and residential facility. Washroom continues to be used to denote public convenience in Chicago and Canada.
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.
Bogan: Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are unrefined or unsophisticated.
Diaper is what they use in North America, and Nappy is the word used in the UK & Ireland, Australia, NZ and many other Commonwealth countries.
'Loo' - informal but not impolite. 'Toilet' - common usage (maybe a little extra emphasis on the common part if you know what I mean). 'Lavatory' - formal and quite posh.
The word comes from nautical terminology, loo being an old-fashioned word for lee. The standard methinks it comes from the nautical pronunciation (in British English) of leeward is looward. Early ships were not fitted with toilets but the crew would urinate over the side of the vessel.
As with many English words, some are common in American English and others are common in British English. However, words such as: bathroom, ladies room, men's room and restroom are common to both.
In America, they refer to the toilet as the bathroom. To actually use the word toilet is considered slightly bad form.
The WC - Still in use today, the abbreviation WC stems from the term “water closet” which is what we used to call toilets in the Victorian era.
Diarrhea is the spelling in American English, whereas diarrhoea is the spelling in British English. Slang terms for the condition include "the runs", "the squirts" (or "squits" in Britain) and "the trots".
dink (plural dinks) (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle. I gave him a dink on my bike.
The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".
About the same time, any tramp or hobo who habitually carried such a pack was known as a bindle stiff. In Australia, a pack-carrying hobo might be called a swagman.