toilet 1540 lavatory 546 WC 227 W.C. 13 Progression. It seems that euphemisms must be constantly renewed by replacement as they become tainted by association with the taboo subject. This replacement proceeds at different rates in different countries, cultures or social groups.

2015年7月4日 · OALED defines toilet as “(1) a large bowl attached to a pipe that you sit on or stand over when you get rid of waste matter from your body, and (2) a room containing a toilet,” and lavatory as “(1) a toilet, or a room with a toilet in it. Both COD and OALED seem to suggest 'toilet' and 'lavatory' are same.

2011年9月7日 · john "toilet," 1932, probably from jack, jakes, used for "toilet" since 16c. (see jack). Even the article mentioned by @ect says pretty much the same thing: Around this time, Harington also devised Britain's first flushing toilet – called the Ajax (i.e. "a jakes"; jakes being an old slang word for toilet)

2016年4月13日 · I was wondering about the origin of using the terms "number one" and "number two" for going to the bathroom (for those unaware, number one is urinating, number two is defecating, at least in the US...

i.e.: 'In essence' or 'in other words'. It is used to clarify the original phrase with something specific.

I have observed that in my work place, whenever a mail is sent to more than one person( like an information, meeting request or a notice etc.), the mail starts with the salutation "Dear All". This,

2015年2月2日 · @FumbleFingers: I believe the idea is that for languages that have separate words for the male and female job titles, even if it is already legally required for the job to be open to all applicants regardless of gender, it is thought that using only the masculine title might give a female applicant the false impression that she would not be eligible, or that the company …

I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM".) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all.

Wikipedia has a decent article on past tenses that explains a lot of this. To summarise: "They didn't start yet" is the negative form of the simple past, "They started."

2014年12月10日 · I was recently reading this article on the use of "math" vs. "maths" as a collective noun (Americans use the former, Brits the latter). However, the trend seen in "math/maths" is reversed in "sport/