superloo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ loo

Noun[edit]

superloo (plural superloos)

  1. (UK, informal) A luxurious public toilet.
    • 1984, Popular Science:
      The French "superloos" are open 24 hours. They afford total privacy in an atmosphere of warm, clean-smelling air and piped-in music.
    • 1987, George Marshall, In a distant isle: the Orkney background of Edwin Muir:
      I shall certainly hear more about the superloo than drugs, and it will be genuine and spontaneous...
    • 2000, Nick Cohen, Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous:
      The city was promised 550 'free' pillars that could be turned into superloos with Muzak and heated seats, kiosks...
    • 2004, Keith Ridgway, The parts:
      ...and the theatre and the travel agents and the superloos and the monument and the corners and the doorways and the altering light and diminishing crowds.
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