In the US, there are numerous terms used to describe public restrooms. Some call it the lavatory, some the throne, and still others just the restroom.<\/p>\n
The majority of public restrooms are denoted by a \u201cWC\u201d sign; however, nobody appears to understand what this signifies. Now that we know, though. For this kind of little-known yet strangely fascinating knowledge, the internet is a goldmine.<\/p>\n
Spending a lot of time online teaches you new things every day, whether it\u2019s the hidden uses for the hooks on shopping carts, the meaning behind the initials of M&Ms, or the proper use of a cheesegrater\u2019s fourth side.<\/p>\n
However, a recent discovery regarding restrooms has the internet confused. One writes, \u201cI\u2019m glad someone asked because I\u2019ve been wondering this for years but never googled it.\u201d Another adds, \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve been living with a WC sign and had no idea why it was called WC.\u201d \u201cI was 23 y\/o when I learned,\u201d somebody else comments.<\/p>\n
A fourth says: \u201cI know, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word\u2014do use the WC).\u201d Others, however, are astounded that people have lived their entire lives without understanding what \u2018WC\u2019 actually stands for. A second person questions: \u201cWhat?! Who doesn\u2019t know this?\u201d \u201cSurely everyone knows what \u2018WC\u2019 stands for?\u201d asks a third. The real meaning of \u201cWC\u201d actually makes perfect sense when you break it down. The history of toilets serves as the basis for the name\u2019s derivation.<\/p>\n
When homes started to install indoor plumbing, a lot of people converted their clothes closets into little spaces equipped with toilets. The house only had flowing water in a few of these locations.<\/p>\n
These days, a lot of people call the space housing the toilet the bathroom. But historically, a bathroom was a room with a bathtub that was entirely distinct from the toilet. In a now-deleted TikTok, @itsnathannyc explains: \u201cBefore indoor plumbing, we actually had a room for the bathtub, a bathroom. But the spout was outside.<\/p>\n
You had to carry water in with a bucket, heat it up, and pour it in the tub.\u201d \u201cIndoor plumbing comes along, and there is already a room with a bath, the bathroom, so where do you put the toilet? Just put it in a closet; it\u2019s the easiest place to put a toilet.\u201d They subsequently earned the nickname \u201cwater closets\u201d since they were among the few locations in the house with running water. \u201cTo start, WC is an abbreviation standing for \u2018water closet\u2019, a name used in the 1900s for a toilet, due to most being fitted in a spare closet or cupboard. Over time, WC has been used instead of bathroom to describe a room with a toilet but no bath,\u201d per Plumb World. The TikToker then reveals that the acronym WC stands for \u201cwater closet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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