Why do some people call a toilet a bathroom when there's no bath in one?
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Smallest Room?
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They may think toilet is a indecent word." We can't say 'I went to Toilet'infront of others.
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Could just be a more genteel way of describing the Throne-room (- another example of a synonym).
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It usually does have a sink so you could and should wash up in it. It is more polite to others to refer to it as a bathroom instead of a toilet. Note: Restroom doesn't quite fit either because I seldom "rest" in there.
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I feel your grief. You might want to hit them with a stick when they do that, I am sure they'd stop :)
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Forcive habit?
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Another common one is washroom? often you wash after releasing your bodily fluids, and definitly more politly.. And perhaps since there is commonly a bath or sink. I dont know if i have ever since a toilet without a sink nearby, unless it is homedepot. And the sinks are still the next aisle over.
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Over here in the UK we don't say bathroom, washroom or restroom. We just say toilet. No one gets offended when it's said.
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I call a toilet a toilet. If it's in a bathroom, I call the room the bathroom, if it's in a room without a bath in it, I call it a restroom.
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