Latrine. The word Latrine has its roots in both Latin and French. It comes from the Latin word for wash, 'lavare'.
THE LOO. The 'loo' is very common in the UK & Ireland, and is a safe and polite way to say toilet.
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.
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. On most airlines, the toilet is referred to as “the lavatory”.
The Privy. A privy was basically an unlined cesspool in the ground with a wooden hut built over it. A wooden shelf stretched across, with a nice, bottom sized hole in the middle. You sat here and did your business, with your waste dropping down into the hole.
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'.
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).
Lavatory, loo and toilet will all be understood, which is in many cases the only real desideratum.
Noun. wee-wee (countable and uncountable, plural wee-wees) (childish) Urine.
For the uninitiated, cludgie is a Scottish word meaning “toilet”, although probably not to be used in the politest of companies.
“Scottish slang” words
Many words spoken by Scottish people can be determined without too much effort. “Aye” means “yes”, “wee” means “little or small” and “nae” means “no”.
Derived from wee, meaning little, and ane meaning one, wean is a word most commonly used in the West of Scotland to refer to a young child, and is sometimes also spoken as wee yin or 'little one'. Wee is a word whose current meaning is in little dispute, but whose origins are interesting and complex.
Loo. Toilet. An outdoor toilet is a Dunny and an indoor toliet is called a loo. So you might say, "You can use the dunny out the back on the loo in the front." And that's how you say "toilet" in Australian.
In American English, the most common term for a private toilet is "bathroom", regardless of whether a bathtub or shower is present.
'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: If you eat Vegemite with every meal and have seen a few kangaroos in your lifetime, you'll refer to a movable toilet as a dunny. Australians usually call any toilet located outside a “dunny,” and a porta potty is no exception.
Scottish Word: Geggie.
jobbie (plural jobbies) (In particular Scotland, slang) Faeces; a piece of excrement. quotations ▼
Wean. Pronounced "wayne," this word means child.
What does bairn mean? Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
Scots has a number of words for children and young people, the most well-known being bairn and wean.