in brambles and heart: Crapper

8/25/2008

Crapper

You've always wanted to know the origin of this word right? Lucky for you i found some craptastic information on it.....
Popular wisdom attributes the derivation of this slang term for lavatory to Thomas Crapper (1836 - 1904), the supposed inventor of the flush toilet. Unfortunately, Thomas Crapper didn't invent the flush toilet. He holds nine patents for plumbing-related inventions, including three for water closets, but flush lavatory, properly called the "Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer" was patented in 1819 by Albert Giblin. Nevertheless, Crapper is the name that people remember. He was certainly well-known in his day as a sanitary engineer. He had a thriving plumbing business and was sanitary engineer for several members of the royal family. Poopin good times!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: A bucket of crap or a bucket of puss? Remember =); 29.8.08
shilo said...: bucket of crap i think. bucket of puss or bucket of bloodblisters?; 31.8.08

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