Etymology. Originally from the need to find public lavatories for children, possibly by analogy with the somewhat earlier-attested little boys' room, but already in broader euphemistic use by its first known appearance in John O'Hara's BUtterfield 8.
noun. A restroom for girls.
Originally from the need to find public lavatories for children, but subsequently used more broadly.
(euphemistic, informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of little boys' room: a men's room, a public lavatory intended for men.
Common substances mixed with cocaine are marijuana, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD, and PCP. These mixtures come with their own nicknames, which include: Boy-girl.
little room means small room or cottage.
Brie Larson plays Ma, and Jacob Tremblay plays her 5-year-old son, Jack.
bathroom (n.)
also bath-room, 1780, from bath + room (n.). Originally a room with apparatus for bathing (the only definition in "Century Dictionary," 1902); it came to be used 20c. in U.S. as a euphemism for a lavatory and often is noted as a word that confuses British travelers.
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" is a song originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973 on their album Yeah!. It reached number 3 in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was later certified by the RIAA.
(euphemistic, informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of little girls' room: a ladies' room, a public lavatory intended for women.
As kids grow up they might want more privacy and need their own space, especially if they're sharing a bedroom with a brother or sister. While it's not illegal for them to share, it's recommended that children over the age of 10 should have their own bedrooms – even if they're siblings or step-siblings.
Originally in reference to any chamber or suite reserved for the use of women, whether public or private. Popularized by its use as a clipped form of ladies' waiting room in reference to gender-separated facilities at train stations, etc.
Mötley Crüe performs in the music video "Smokin' in the Boys Room" from the album "Theatre of Pain" recorded for Elektra Records.
Koda formed Brownsville Station in 1969 and wrote ''Smokin' in the Boys Room,'' which rose to No. 3 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1973 and sold more than two million copies.
Humans have probably been bathing since the Stone Age, not least because the vast majority of European caves that contain Palaeolithic art are short distances from natural springs. By the Bronze Age, beginning around 5,000 years ago, washing had become very important.
Alaska historically had a faecal collection system in buckets which were called "honey buckets".
Then, he also suffers posttraumatic disorder where he feels his world outside the room is never imagined by him, it makes Jack not easy to interact with his new life and always ask Ma to go back to the room again.
In the book, Jack's breastfeeding was a physical representation of the bond between the two. When Jack was worried or scared, or needed to be comforted, he asked for “some”.
For Jack, I read about autism (because even though he's not autistic, he is overwhelmed by our multisensory world), children from orphanages adjusting after international adoption, refugees… and for Ma, I read a lot about the prisoners kept in solitary confinement and how it's often afterwards that they crack up.
What does “Fifty springs are little room” mean? In this line, “Fifty springs are little room” the speaker talks about how much time he still has to live. He thinks that fifty years are not enough to fully satiate oneself with the beauty of cherry blossoms.
Elbow room is the freedom to do what you want to do or need to do in a particular situation. [informal]
Lilli Nielsen developed her idea of the Little Room based on what she calls the "denning effect." She observed that children up to the developmental age of eleven seek out and enjoy dens, or small, enclosed spaces.
Tong received his first cigarette at the age of 18 months in a bid to reduce the discomfort caused by his hernia. The boy's tender age meant he was too young to have an operation. In 2005 a 37-year-old man submitted an application to the Guinness Book of Records, claiming to have smoked since the age of three.