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Definition: Toilet Seat |
Toilet SeatNoun1. The hinged seat on a toilet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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Consumer Goods |
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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. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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| 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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