{"id":4985,"date":"2024-09-15T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2024-09-15T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:24:44","slug":"people-are-only-now-figuring-out-what-the-wc-toilet-sign-means-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=4985","title":{"rendered":"People Are Only Now Figuring Out What The WC Toilet Sign Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The true meaning of the letters \u201cWC\u201d on a toilet sign is just now beginning to dawn on people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n\n

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Source: Midjourney<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, a recent discovery regarding restrooms has the internet confused.<\/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<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another adds, \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve been living with a WC sign and had no idea why it was called WC.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

A fourth says: \u201cI know, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word\u2014do use the WC).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others, however, are astounded that people have lived their entire lives without understanding what \u2018WC\u2019 actually stands for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

The real meaning of \u201cWC\u201d <\/strong>actually makes perfect sense when you break it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of toilets serves as the basis for the name\u2019s derivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Freepik<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The majority of public restrooms are denoted by a \u201cWC\u201d<\/strong> sign; however, nobody appears to understand what this signifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we know, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this kind of little-known yet strangely fascinating knowledge, the internet is a goldmine.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n

When homes started to install indoor plumbing, a lot of people converted their clothes closets into little spaces equipped with toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house only had flowing water in a few of these locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, a lot of people call the space housing the toilet the bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But historically, a bathroom was a room with a bathtub that was entirely distinct from the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. You had to carry water in with a bucket, heat it up, and pour it in the tub.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\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<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They subsequently earned the nickname \u201cwater closets\u201d<\/strong> since they were among the few locations in the house with running water.<\/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 <\/strong>per Plumb World<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TikToker then reveals that the acronym WC stands for \u201cwater closet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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