You might have heard Brits say “I’m going to spend a penny” when they have to visit the loo. The hosts discuss the reason for this phrase, and other euphemisms for making a trip to the toilet, such as “I’m going to visit Miss White” and “I’m going...
destroilet n.— «John says he can still picture in his mind watching the frost build up on the inside cabin walls as warm air radiated from the heater. However, his most vivid memory of the cabin was the toilet. The boys referred to it as the...
By the way, if you want to read about more family words, check out Paul Dickson’s book, Family Words: A Dictionary of the Secret Language of Families. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Paul Dickson’s Family Words Collects “Hoo-Hoo”...
shit up n.— «Assaults, when they happened, were generally of a relatively minor nature in comparison: grabbed arms perhaps, a shoulder-barge, the occasional slap, kick—or a favourite with the subversive prisoner, a “shit up,” (the hurling of the...
thunderbucket n.— «Personally I like having a nice mag to read while riding the thunderbucket aka the john.» —“That Sound You Heard Was the American Car Magazine Business Downshifting: 0-60 Debuts” by Yellofury Jalopnik Aug. 20, 2007. (source:...
snobocracy n.— «If Carole Middleton does indeed use the term “toilet”—and despite my trawling of the snobocracy I cannot find anyone to swear either way, apart from James Whitaker—then it is a habit she shares with a swathe of the upper classes...
