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Toilet Seat

Definition: Toilet Seat

Toilet Seat

Noun

1. The hinged seat on a toilet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Modern Usage: Toilet Seat

DomainUsage

Screenplays

How many years you spend pissing on a toilet seat before someone told you to put it up (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

I'd rather kiss a toilet seat! (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes)

Ah, she's always leaving the toilet seat up. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

And you left the toilet seat up, you bastard (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

I'm gettin' more ass than a toilet seat. (The Deer Hunter; writing credit: Michael Cimino; Deric Washburn)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Toilet Seat

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Toilet Seat

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Health

A common misbelief is that infestation can be spread by sitting on a toilet seat. This isn't likely, since lice cannot live long away from a warm human body. Also, lice do not have feet designed to walk or hold onto smooth surfaces such as toilet seats. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Toilet Seat

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

toilet seat

706

heated toilet seat

12

toilet seat cover

96

sanitary toilet seat cover

10

bemis toilet seat

53

sanitary toilet seat

9

raised toilet seat

51

elevated toilet seat

7

designer toilet seat

33

mayfair toilet seat

7

novelty toilet seat

31

toilet seat riser

6

church toilet seat

27

handicapped toilet seat

6

padded toilet seat

26

paper toilet seat cover

5

elongated toilet seat

22

toto toilet seat

5

kohler toilet seat

16

padded toilet seat raised

3

bidet toilet seat

13

cushioned toilet seat

3

disposable toilet seat cover

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Toilet Seat

Language Translations for "toilet seat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مقعد المرحاض. (various references)

   

French

  

siège de toilette. (various references)

   

German

  

toilettensitz (lavatory seat), klositz, klosettbrille, klobrille, brille (eye glasses, eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, specs, spectacles). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

便座 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

べ"ざ (valve seat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oilettay eatsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

assento (banquette, bench, bottom, bum, buttock, chair, cockpit, entry, seat, stool). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стульчак (close-stool, commode). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asiento de tocador. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Toilet Seat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-o-s-t-t-t"

-1 letter: etiolates, teetotals, toilettes.

-2 letters: etiolate, steatite, stiletto, teetotal, toilette, totalise, totalist.

-3 letters: altoist, etatist, etoiles, isolate, litotes, oleates, tatties, tattles, teleost, testate, tittles, toilets.

-4 letters: attest, elates, elites, estate, etoile, latest, lattes, listee, lottes, oleate, osteal, saltie, settle, solate, stelae, stelai, tattie, tattle, teasel, testae, titles, tittle, toiles, toilet, totals.

-5 letters: aisle, alist, aloes, altos.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-o-s-t-t-t"
 

+1 letter: teetotalism, teetotalist.

 

+2 letters: postliterate, teetotalisms, teetotalists.

 

+3 letters: electrostatic.

 

+4 letters: electrostatics, potentialities, teleportations.

 

+5 letters: antimetabolites, tatterdemalions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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