There are a number of topics in our communication that are customary to bypass. One of these is the toilet theme. But all people have physiological needs, and their satisfaction is a natural and integral part of the life of each of us. On average, a healthy person visits the toilet four to seven times a day. And one well-known advertisement for toilet cleaners says that the toilet is the most popular place in the house.
Often, in order to move away from need, we come up with some other reasons that seem more decent to us, those that, in our opinion, can be said out loud without blushing. Remember at least the girls favorite phrase "to powder the nose."
We also strive to call the toilet room itself somehow more culturally, using various euphemisms for the word toilet. Thanks to the ingenuity of philologists, he turns into a latrine, then into a place for reflection (a more playful option). Another option for designating a toilet is a toilet. Read all about this word in the article.
Meaning of the word “outhouse”
Surely, you already realized that talking about the toilet went for a reason. The toilet - this is one of the names of this room. A large academic dictionary interprets the word as a latrine.
Etymology of the word
"Toilet" - this word is not native Russian. It came to our language from French. From it sortir translates as "exit." That is, the toilet is the place where they go out (as we understand, by a certain need).
Features of use
Since the dictionary article on the word “toilet” has special stylistic notes (colloquial and familiar), it has restrictions on use in speech. That is, it cannot be used in any communicative situation. There are such examples of people’s interaction where the given word will be inappropriate and not only perceived as colloquial and vernacular, but as indecent and unacceptable. So, for example, it should not appear in a situation of official, business communication, the appearance of this word in a public speech addressed to a wide audience is unacceptable (only if this is not a performance of a comedian whose goal is to make people laugh). In secular society, it is also not customary to express themselves in this way.
