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.
Synonyms
How can you replace the word "toilet" if you need to designate this particular concept, indicate the direction of your movement? What the toilet means can be called a "restroom", "a place of reflection" or "a ladies' room". However, in a decent, highly cultured society, it is generally not customary to say exactly where you are going, if in reality you are going out of need. In the case when you need to leave for this reason, but circumstances do not allow you to leave silently, it will be polite to simply say: “Sorry, I will leave” or “Sorry, I need to leave” without specifying the purpose and place of leaving the company.
But the same colloquial and even vernacular, like "toilet", will be synonymous with his words: "need", "tubzik", "tubzan", "emjo" (named after the first letters of the designation of the public toilet).
Synonyms with the word “toilet”, neutral in their stylistic coloring, are a toilet and a restroom. Their use is preferable in a situation of relaxed, everyday communication.