Many people are just now realizing what the \u201cWC\u201d on restroom signs actually means. In the US, public restrooms have many names\u2014lavatory, restroom, or throne\u2014but \u201cWC\u201d remains a common and often misunderstood label. A recent discovery on social media has people baffled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad someone asked because I\u2019ve been wondering this for years,\u201d one person wrote, while another admitted, \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve been living with a WC sign and had no idea why it was called WC.\u201d So, what does it stand for? The term \u201cWC\u201d actually means \u201cwater closet,\u201d a name from the 1900s when toilets were first placed in small closets with running water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As indoor plumbing became more common, the name stuck. A TikToker explained, \u201cBefore indoor plumbing, we actually had a room for the bathtub\u2026 Indoor plumbing comes along, and there is already a room with a bath\u2026 so where do you put the toilet? Just put it in a closet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d Now, \u201cWC\u201d refers to a room with a toilet but no bathtub, as confirmed by Plumb World: \u201cWC has been used instead of bathroom to describe a room with a toilet but no bath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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