superloo

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ loo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.