Since then, the term “water closet” has come to mean a small, enclosed room within a larger bathroom dedicated to the toilet, often with a small sink for handwashing.
Online discussions also touch on this topic. On Reddit, in a post about why a public WC is called a bathroom when there’s no bath, a Redditor explained that “bathroom” or “restroom” is the “preferred US euphemism for ‘room with toilet,’ whereas other places use ‘WC,’ ‘lavatory,’ ‘loo’ etc.” Others shared how different languages have their own terms for such a room, like in Russian it’s “a room without windows” and in Esperanto it’s “necesejo” (meaning “necessary place”).
There are also discussions about the differences between washroom, bathroom, and restroom. For example, Canada is known for using “Washroom,” and in the Midwest of the US, it’s fairly common too, though “Bathroom” or “Restroom” are probably used more often.
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