What Does the “WC” Sign Mean?

A couple from TikTok, Shelby and Dylan, shared a video in 2020, where they were talking about the difference between Americans and Canadians.

“What in the world is a washroom?” Dylan asked. “And what are they washing in there? Oh, it’s a restroom. The only thing I wash in there is my hands,” he then continued.

Then Shelby asked, “Do you rest in a restroom?”

“That’s a good point. They both don’t make much sense,” Dylan said.

As the Mirriam Webster’s Dictionary explained, “water closet” is a noun which describes, “a compartment or room with a toilet” or “a toilet bowl and its accessories.”

In short, it means “WC.”

In Reddit, a user asked to other users, “Why is a public WC called bathroom if there is [no] bath?”

A Redditor commented under, “Americans might similarly ask: ‘Why is it called a WC (water closet) if it isn’t even a closet?”

“In Russian it’s ‘a room without windows’ even if there actually is a window,” then a different Redditor shared, “In Esperanto, it’s necesejo, or ‘necessary place’”

What do you think? Let us know.

20 Prom Photos That Show What Graduates Looked Like When Phones Still Had Wires

Prom is an opportunity to feel like a real princess. Many girls prepare for it as if it were their wedding, choosing a special dress, makeup, and hairstyle long before the event. We think it’d be fun to see how graduates of different eras from around the world looked during their prom.

“My mom and the prom dress my grandmother made, 1965”

“Here’s my grandmother in the prom dress her mother made for her. This photo was probably taken in or around 1953.”

“My aunt and uncle at their prom, 1971 — she still looks amazing.”

“Prom 1959 to 2022: Grandma is still serving looks.”

“My parents at prom in 1992”

“Rocking into prom (1988)! I still laugh when looking at this photo.”

“My grandma, posing in her homemade prom dress in the mid-1940s”

“My mom and dad at their prom, 1986 — I will always want her dress.”

“My great-grandmother at her high school prom, I believe it was 1948.”

“My prom in 1993: the helmet hair, the sequins, the black pumps, the press-on nails”

“My grandma winning prom queen, May 1957”

“My grandmother’s senior prom photo, early 1960s”

“My grandparents at their prom (late 1940s) and on their wedding day (1950)”

“That time in 1989 when I was short and had a mullet, and my buddy took a soap star to prom.”

“My grandma, ready for prom, 1959 — she actually made that dress.”

“My mom’s prom, 1976”

“My grandparents at their senior prom in 1958 — I think they look so sharp!”

“Big hair prom, 1988 — thank gosh my hair didn’t catch on fire. It was so flammable!”

“My nana’s prom picture, circa 1942 — I inherited her lovely ginger locks.”

“My mom at her prom in 1973”

Speaking of the last century, we decided to recall what was happening back in 1989, when the Internet had just been invented

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