loo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (British informal) a toilet

   Excuse me, where's the loo?

Of uncertain origin; first attested in the 20th century. Suggested derivations include French lieux d'aisances ('places of ease') or gardyloo (a warning cry when emptying chamber pots), but none is certain.

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