loo
loo Lexical Profile
loo Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British An informal term for a toilet or lavatory.
"Excuse me for a moment while I pop to the loo before the film starts."
A traditional trick-taking card game in which players who fail to win a trick must pay a penalty into the pool.
"During the nineteenth century, the gentlemen often spent their evenings playing loo in the drawing room."
• verb
To subject a player to a forfeit or penalty for failing to win a trick in the card game of loo.
"He was looed three times in a row and lost a significant sum to the table pool."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The informal British word for a toilet emerged in the 1920s with an uncertain origin; a popular theory suggests it derives from 'gardyloo' (from French 'gare l'eau', meaning 'watch out for the water'), the traditional warning cry used before emptying chamber pots into the street.