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It all started with U.S. soldiers stationed in England during WWI. The toilets in England at the time were predominately made by the company “Thomas Crapper & Co Ltd”, with the company’s name appearing on the toilets. The soldiers took to calling toilets “The Crapper” and brought that slang term for the toilet back with them to the United States.

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http://www.toiletology.com/crapper.shtml
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/thoma...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C...