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joshwriting ([personal profile] joshwriting) wrote2006-09-11 06:25 pm

Euphemisms and Propriety

I am in a public library, a state away from where I live.

I needed to use the lavatory, the water closet, the bathroom, the necessary, the washroom - call it what you will...

I asked for directions to it and the kind librarian explained to me that is was through the door marked "Multi-purpose Room" and then take my first right.

I now have a new name for it!

[identity profile] zilsrainydayz.livejournal.com 2006-09-12 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
but it isn't the multipurpose room itself, is it? It's simply that they have the bathrooms down through that door... So sure it's a new name to find the location of it, but not its specific name.

[identity profile] rajenath.livejournal.com 2006-09-12 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
It's still a good, new euphemism for bathroom.

[identity profile] still-asking.livejournal.com 2006-09-12 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If asking for the women's room seems out of place for any reason, I simply ask for the euphemism, people general know exactly what I'm looking for.