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Meaning of "lavatory humour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAVATORY HUMOUR

lavatory humour  [ˈlævətərɪ ˈhjuːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAVATORY HUMOUR

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lavatory humour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAVATORY HUMOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lavatory humour in the English dictionary

The definition of lavatory humour in the dictionary is humour characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological humour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAVATORY HUMOUR


antitumor
ˌæntɪˈtjuːmə
assumer
əˈsjuːmə
consumer
kənˈsjuːmə
costumer
ˈkɒstjuːmə
dishumour
dɪsˈhjuːmə
exhumer
eksˈhjuːmə
fumer
ˈfjuːmə
humor
ˈhjuːmə
humour
ˈhjuːmə
inhumer
ɪnˈhjuːmə
neurohumor
ˌnjʊərəʊˈhjuːmə
outhumor
ˌaʊtˈhjuːmə
perfumer
pəˈfjuːmə
pneuma
ˈnjuːmə
presumer
prɪˈzjuːmə
prosumer
prəˈsjuːmə
puma
ˈpjuːmə
resumer
rɪˈzjuːmə
stumer
ˈstjuːmə
tumour
ˈtjuːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAVATORY HUMOUR

lava flow
lava lamp
lava-lava
lava-like
lavabo
lavage
Laval
lavalier
lavandin
lavash
lavatera
lavation
lavational
lavatorial
lavatories
lavatory
lavatory bowl
lavatory pan
lavatory paper
lavatory seat

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAVATORY HUMOUR

affaire d´amour
affaires d´amour
amour
aqueous humour
armour
black humour
body armour
brain tumour
cardinal humour
gallows humour
glamour
ill humour
out of humour
peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour
rumour
secondary tumour
sense of humour
Seymour
toilet humour
vitreous humour

Synonyms and antonyms of lavatory humour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lavatory humour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAVATORY HUMOUR

Find out the translation of lavatory humour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lavatory humour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lavatory humour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厕所幽默
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

humor Tocador
570 millions of speakers

English

lavatory humour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शौचालय हास्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الفكاهة الأطباق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Туалет юмор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

humor lavatório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাসি হাসি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humour toilettes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Humor tandas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

WC Humor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トイレのユーモア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화장실 유머
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Humor humor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hài hước vệ sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ருசியான நகைச்சுவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शौचालय विनोद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tuvalet mizahı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

umorismo gabinetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Toaleta humor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

туалет гумор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umor de toaletă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τουαλέτα χιούμορ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toilet humor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

toalett humor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toalett humor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lavatory humour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAVATORY HUMOUR»

The term «lavatory humour» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.077 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAVATORY HUMOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lavatory humour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lavatory humour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lavatory humour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAVATORY HUMOUR»

Discover the use of lavatory humour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lavatory humour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Karl Abraham: The Birth of Object Relations Theory
Before puberty, lavatory humour plays the same role as sexual humour does later . There are people who never rid them- selves of the first kind, whose greatest pleasure is to make jokes referring to defaecation in the most unsuitable ...
Isabel Sanfeliu, 2014
2
Aspects of Verbal Humour in English
... showing fat mothers-in- law and fat policemen, weedy little men with huge- bottomed wives, ubiquitous bottles of beer and chamber-pots, with their endless repetition of beer-bottom- and-lavatory humour, their extraordinary changelessness.
Richard Alexander, 1997
3
Humour and History
This lavatory humour is developed to grotesquely humorous proportions in the following scene. Ehud evacuates the room, locking the doors behind him. No sooner has he gone than the servants, earlier dismissed from the private interview, ...
Keith Cameron, 1993
4
Best of Getaway Funny Signs: More Hilarious Messages from ...
incontinence? Sounds about right. left Anatomy for mariners. Taken by. Lavatory humour A steaming pile of toilet humour might not be everyone's cup of tea, but there's no denying the hilarity in some of these messages from beyond the bowl.
Getaway Magazine, Tyson Jopson, 2013
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The Complete Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Karl ...
Would not the following also belong here? Before puberty, lavatory humour plays the same role as sexual humour does later. There are people who never rid themselves of the first kind, whose greatest pleasure is to make jokes referring to  ...
Sigmund Freud, Ernst Falzeder, 2002
6
Great, Silly Grin: The British Satire Boom of the 1960s
Having implied that TWj's satirical claws would be blunted, Hood turned to the matter of what the Home Secretary called lavatory humour. "The programme," he told the press conference, "was criticized towards the end of the run for smut, and  ...
Humphrey Carpenter, 2003
7
Ageing, Independence, and the Life Course
... 'One Foot in the Grave', and 'Waiting for God', portray sexuality in old age in a very positive light. Elar humour liar humour is an excellent indicator of issues about which people feel igly, hence the popularity of sex jokes and lavatory humour ...
Sara Arber, Maria Evandrou, 1993
8
Bathing - the Body and Community Care
... one minute!' You know, but youjust, you can't do it any other way really. The body and humour are closely linked: dirty jokes, sexual innuendo, 'lavatory' humour – the body is the focus of.
Julia Twigg, 2002
9
My Life as a Dog
Lavatory humour must be something peculiar to our family. What happened that same evening is proof of it, I'm afraid. My uncle had got strangely excited after our long silence. Mostly because he had his own lemonade bottle. It was Saturday ...
Reidar Jonsson, 1993
10
Cold Tea and Tears
It is embarrassing to talk about, so the dietitian needs to steer a course during questioning, between what the patient understands, clear definitions and, of course, a small dose of lavatory humour. I was amazed recently to see a poster in our ...
Mary Farmer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAVATORY HUMOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lavatory humour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mothering a girl after three boys is a demanding role: Our daughter …
After all, suddenly the world of noisy, smelly boys, with their lavatory humour and mucky football boots has been supplanted by hair bows and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Andy Parsons on Peter Cook: the pure filth that inspired my career
... duo to be prosecuted for obscenity but their material was dismissed by the director of public prosecutions as “fourth-form lavatory humour”. «The Guardian, May 15»
3
The Interview: why Sony's North Korea comedy was cancelled
But with more lavatory humour, and apparently much less ... humour humour. Reviews so far have described the film as being "bereft of satirical ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
4
Here's a funny thing. Localism is alive and well in British comedy
On the other hand, I was interested to find that the Scots are believed to find lavatory humour less amusing than other parts of the UK, while ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
5
Data-driven unisex jokes may yet have the last laugh
Other findings include the news that Yorkshire people purse their lips at sex jokes, and the Scots don't much like lavatory humour. Well, I'm not ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
6
by: pay-tv films: Evan williams
This is lavatory humour with a difference: a celebration of the dignity of honest work, hilariously deadpan and compassionate. Blue Jasmine (M). «The Australian, Sep 14»
7
Moore of the same please: 007 star has no plans to retire
... punchline is "I should never have become a f****** nun" - and he says he is unrepentant about his "good, honest-to-God lavatory humour". «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
8
Books: When the Black Dog steals Dublin's funny bone
They run the gamut from daft lavatory humour in The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas and The Meanwhile Adventures to the deadly ... «Irish Independent, May 14»
9
Comedy review: Barry Humphries' Farewell Tour- 'an uproarious last …
It is, outrageously, the definition of lavatory humour. Les's cheerfully Neanderthal persona is, of course, the licence for an orgy of political ... «The Independent, Nov 13»
10
At last! The 'splashback problem' has been solved
Lavatory humour from young Liddle when everyone in the country seems pissed off. Well, well. timinsingapore. “…researchers suggest that a ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lavatory humour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lavatory-humour>. Apr 2024 ».
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