{"id":1059,"date":"2025-09-21T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:10:58","slug":"people-are-only-just-realising-what-wc-toilet-sign-actually-stands-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"People are only just realising what WC toilet sign actually stands for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does WC stand for? I\u2019m pretty sure we generally refer to the loo as the \u2018bathroom\u2019 or the \u2018restroom\u2019 if you\u2019re posh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it turns out that there\u2019s another name we used to call it and it\u2019s completely blown my little mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It turns out that the \u2018WC\u2019 stamped on bathroom doors actually means something \u2013 and that something is \u2018water closet\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes it even worse is that there\u2019s a perfectly good reason behind it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the day, when someone would use the bathroom it would actually be to take a bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When one would use the restroom, it would supposedly be to rest or get ready for the day by using the sink and mirror.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you actually needed to take a leak, you would use the water closet to use the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least I wasn\u2019t the only baffled person, as many on social media are just as dazed as I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you mean wc stands for water closet\u2026\u2026..\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another added: \u201cI was 23 y\/o when I learned that WC is called water closet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least you\u2019re not 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call MINE a bathroom,\u201d someone else revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call the ones in public, restrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know what a water closet is, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word \u2013 do use the WC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping on the topic of bathrooms, one TikToker went viral for sharing the unwritten urinal rule that \u2018every guy knows\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by stand-up comedian, Freddy Quinne, he says men have an unwritten rule about having a wee in a public urinal.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freddie says: \u201cNobody\u2019s ever discussed this with us, nobody\u2019s gone out and set the rules but we all know which place to have a p*ss is acceptable and which one isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explains that if you have five empty urinals in a row, the only reasonable decision is to use the first one on the left, or the last one on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo you\u2019ve got five urinals in a row here and the rule is, if you go in and every single one is empty, then you take urinal number one [far left] or urinal number five [far right],\u201d Freddie adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, if number one or number five are both being used, then you use the one in the middle, urinal number three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason for that, is that way you leave a space in between the other two people having a p*ss because it\u2019s weird if you just go up and p*ss next to someone, when you\u2019ve got the option not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only time you would ever use urinals two and four, is when one, three and five are occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no other reason for using them\u2026ever.\u201d<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a lad I can assure you that this Freddie is spot on here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Loo, toilet, bathroom, restroom, bog.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are all words we use for the place where we can shut out the rest of the world and attend to our business, and also probably check our phones for a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is, whenever you\u2019re out and about and in need of a place to answer the call of nature, the signs tend to point you towards the \u2018WC\u2019 \u2013 letters that don\u2019t really appear in any of the names for the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what does it even mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out that the \u2018WC\u2019 stamped on bathroom doors actually means something \u2013 and that something is \u2018water closet\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes it even worse is that there\u2019s a perfectly good reason behind it too.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in the day, when someone would use the bathroom, it would actually be to take a bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When one would use the restroom, it would supposedly be to rest or get ready for the day by using the sink and mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you actually needed to take a leak, you would use the water closet to use the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least I wasn\u2019t the only baffled person, as many on social media are just as dazed as I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you mean wc stands for water closet\u2026\u2026..\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another added: \u201cI was 23 y\/o when I learned that WC is called water closet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least you\u2019re not 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call MINE a bathroom,\u201d someone else revealed.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call the ones in public, restrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know what a water closet is, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word \u2013 do use the WC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping on the topic of bathrooms, one TikToker went viral for sharing the unwritten urinal rule that \u2018every guy knows\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by stand-up comedian, Freddy Quinne, he says men have an unwritten rule about having a wee in a public urinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Freddie says: \u201cNobody\u2019s ever discussed this with us, nobody\u2019s gone out and set the rules but we all know which place to have a p*ss is acceptable and which one isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explains that if you have five empty urinals in a row, the only reasonable decision is to use the first one on the left, or the last one on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo you\u2019ve got five urinals in a row here and the rule is, if you go in and every single one is empty, then you take urinal number one [far left] or urinal number five [far right],\u201d Freddie adds.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, if number one or number five are both being used, then you use the one in the middle, urinal number three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason for that, is that way you leave a space in between the other two people having a p*ss because it\u2019s weird if you just go up and p*ss next to someone, when you\u2019ve got the option not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only time you would ever use urinals two and four, is when one, three and five are occupied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no other reason for using them\u2026ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a lad I can assure you that this Freddie is spot on here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does WC stand for? I\u2019m pretty sure we generally refer to the loo as the \u2018bathroom\u2019 or the \u2018restroom\u2019 if you\u2019re posh. But it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/550602922_1311282677121443_126647936808339401_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}