Lavatory was powerful. When somebody says, "Hey man, I am gonna go use the lavatory," it makes a person think, "Damn, he is gonna go use the laboratory. And he's gonna mix chemicals around with his urine or feces and make a new drug that can cure cancer or something." Yeah, lavatory really needs to make a comeback.
2006-10-23 07:18:15 · 27 answers · asked by cannonball 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I use it all the time...the lavatory that is. It's a great place to find the cure for cancer. Or at least ponder about it. Who are you? You made me laugh!
2006-10-23 07:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People use to call it the lavatory all the time when I was little. Now every one says bathroom. I say bathroom because other people around me say bathroom. I do not know why it is hardly called the lavatory anymore. Maybe it might be because I used to think people meant the laboratory.
2006-10-23 14:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by bldudas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think people don't use it because it's an out-of-date word.
...And I never thought the person was going to go mix chemicals. Laboratory and lavatory never brought up connotations of the other with me, simply because they've always been two different words.
2006-10-23 14:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by half_shadow27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Times have changed, people change, so the language changes it's like saying Groovey. At the time lavatory was the proper word to say bathroom but then in was replaced with a slang: the bathroom.
2006-10-23 14:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by kandi61689 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a time when they were also called "W.C's" (wash closets). Some places In europe, they still "wash" their privates while in the bathroom. Depending where you are from, it serves different purposes. For example, back in the 40s/50s in the US, when more and more women were in the workforce, they would have a couch and chairs in the bathroom to accomodate women who were suffering from menstral cramps. It was a place they could go to rest for a few minutes when they felt faint or had really bad cramps. Hence, the name "restroom"
2006-10-23 14:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by MerkabaMel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the term lavatory makes people think of the joke of a crapper they have on airplanes.
2006-10-23 14:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's a thought.....how the hell did it get started being called a RESTROOM? What, somebody was tired and took a nap while taking a dump, and so that's where they started going when they needed to rest?
2006-10-23 14:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by spun_up_06 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
um, my grandmother says lavatory. But she is the only one I know that uses that word.
2006-10-23 14:20:16 · answer #8 · answered by Lovely Lady 27 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with ya there, that is an awesome word for the toilet :D, of course i also wish we would call it the Loo every now and then
2006-10-23 14:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by //// 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the long forgotten Water Closet?
2006-10-23 14:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋