{"id":10440,"date":"2024-08-27T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistkoala.com\/?p=10440"},"modified":"2024-08-27T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:37:33","slug":"what-does-wc-toilet-sign-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devserver.pw\/twistkoala.com\/what-does-wc-toilet-sign-stand-for\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Only Just Realizing What WC Toilet Sign Actually Stands For"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People are only just realizing what \u2018WC\u2019 on a toilet sign actually stands for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public toilets are referred to in many different ways in the US. Some call it a restroom, others call it the throne, and a select few call it a lavatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, most public toilets are signalled by a \u2018WC\u2019 sign, yet no one seems to know what this means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, now we know.<\/p>\n\n\n

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People are just realizing what the WC toilet sign actually means. Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The internet is a goldmine for this sort of little-known but oddly fascinating information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s how the\u00a0fourth side of a cheese grater\u00a0is actually supposed to be used, what the\u00a0initials of M&Ms\u00a0stand for, or the secret\u00a0purposes of the\u00a0hooks on shopping carts, you learn something new every day when you spend a lot of time online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

But now, it\u2019s a revelation about toilets that has the internet feeling baffled\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One writes: \u201cI\u2019m glad someone asked because I\u2019ve been wondering this for years but never googled it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another adds: \u201cCan\u2019t believe I\u2019ve been living with a WC sign and had no idea why it was called WC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was 23 y\/o when I learned,\u201d somebody else comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fourth says: \u201cI know, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word \u2013 do use the WC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others, though, have been left stunned that people have gone throughout their lives without knowing what \u2018WC\u2019 stands for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second person questions: \u201cWhat?! Who doesn\u2019t know this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSurely everyone knows what \u2018WC\u2019 stands for?\u201d asks a third.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There\u2019s actually a rich history behind the sign we see almost every day. Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When broken down, the true meaning of \u2018WC\u2019 actually makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origin of the name is all based on toilet history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Once indoor plumbing became more common for households, many people turned their clothing closets into small rooms with a toilet inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were some of the only places in the home with running water inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people now refer to the room with the toilet as a bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a bathroom typically used to be a room that had a bath, and this would be completely separate from the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A TikToker has finally revealed why public restrooms are often labeled \u2018WC.\u2019 Credit: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In a now-deleted\u00a0TikTok<\/a>, @itsnathannyc explains: \u201cBefore indoor plumbing, we actually had a room for the bathtub, a bathroom.\u00a0But the spout was outside. You had to carry water in with a bucket, heat it up, pour it in the tub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to being one of the only places in the home with running water inside, they later became known as water closets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\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\u00a0Plumb World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with that, the TikToker reveals that \u2018WC\u2019 stands for \u2018water closet\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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