Ours are:At our house we refer to each bath by the floor it's on, because we have just 1.5 baths for two floors. So instead of changing the name based on size, we change the name based on location---upstairs bathroom instead of bathroom or full bathroom, and downstairs bathroom instead of half bathroom or powder room.
Oh, we are listing slang too. Now you have opened Pandora’s box. Let me get my list ready.Can we update the poll to include the "head" for us Military folk.....![]()
You keep your cloaks in with the toilet?Cloakroom
New builds here universally have 3 "bathrooms" as standard. They're always referred to (on contracts and blueprints) as the:Ours are:
Master bathroom (full bathroom)
Kids bathroom (full bathroom, and the kids are adults and have purchased their own homes and moved out)
New room bathroom (half bath, even through the "new" room was built 25+ years ago)
I usually say bathroom in a house, either bathroom or restroom in a public/commercial space.
I have found that most people where we now live (North Carolina) will call a half-bath a "powder room". To me, it sounds like using the phrase "I'm going to go powder my nose" when you need to use the restroom on a date. I'm too direct and literal so it just seems like trying to skirt around the fact that women use the toilet.
As an offshoot, does anyone have a term for a private toilet area within a larger bathroom (water closet)? In our family that is jokingly referred to as a "poop closet".
You keep your cloaks in with the toilet?![]()
It keeps them away from the powder!I usually say bathroom in a house, either bathroom or restroom in a public/commercial space.
I have found that most people where we now live (North Carolina) will call a half-bath a "powder room". To me, it sounds like using the phrase "I'm going to go powder my nose" when you need to use the restroom on a date. I'm too direct and literal so it just seems like trying to skirt around the fact that women use the toilet.
As an offshoot, does anyone have a term for a private toilet area within a larger bathroom (water closet)? In our family that is jokingly referred to as a "poop closet".
You keep your cloaks in with the toilet?![]()
I had never heard the term ensuite until I started watching Love It Or List It, but that is a Canadian show. Just a master bath in most real estate listings here.New builds here universally have 3 "bathrooms" as standard. They're always referred to (on contracts and blueprints) as the:
Some designs have the main bath with a second door to one of the secondary bedrooms. This is called a "cheater ensuite". Others have an additional full bath located between two secondary bedrooms with a door from each one. These are "jack-and-jill ensuites".
- Ensuite (full bath accessed from the master bedroom)
- Main bath (full bath accessed from a common area)
- 1/2 bath (toilet and sink only usually located off a main-floor common area)
Does it even really need to be discussed? I've always just gone with "please excuse me - I'll be right back".
Of course it doesn’t need to be discussed. I just don’t find it necessary to make up a coy excuse. Not really an issue. I was just explaining why I’m not a fan of the term “powder room”Does it even really need to be discussed? I've always just gone with "please excuse me - I'll be right back".
Not being someone who has ever really dated I just told the two guys I have gone out with "I gotta pee, be right back." Not sure I would do the same on a "real" date though.Does it even really need to be discussed? I've always just gone with "please excuse me - I'll be right back".
I agree. It's a powder room, if there's no tub/shower. But I will typically SAY "I have to use the bathroom" or "toilet" or "restroom" if I'm heading there.