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Loco vs Loo - What's the difference?

loco | loo |

As verbs the difference between loco and loo

is that loco is while loo is .

loco

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Adverb

(-)
  • (music) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) crazy
  • * 2003 , The New Yorker, 15 Dec 2003, p.56
    • You know, I’m a little loco . Kinda crazy, zany guy.
  • intoxicated by eating locoweed
    • Synonyms
    * pea struck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) certain species of Astragalus'' or ''Oxytropis , capable of causing locoism.
    • Synonyms
    * locoweed

    Related terms

    * locoism

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rail transport, informal) a locomotive

    • Anagrams

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    loo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Uncertain; possible origins include: * French lieux'', short for ''lieux d'aisances ‘toilets’, literally ‘places of convenience’. * A particular brand of early toilet cisterns, trademarked 'Waterloo'. A common folk etymology is that the word comes from the exclamation gardyloo'', from French ''garde à l'eau ‘mind the water!’, used when emptying dirty water or slops out of a window onto the public sidewalk or street.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial, Australia, NZ, UK) A toilet.
  • * 2006 , Garth Thompson, Dov Fedler, The Guide?s Guide to Guiding , 3rd Edition, Jacana Media, South Africa, page 160,
    • Ensure that the tents are well-sited and clean, rubbish bins empty and that the loos have toilet paper.
  • * 2009 , Katharina Kane, The Gambia and Senegal , Lonely Planet, page 275,
    • The lack of running water in rural areas often makes Western-style loos hygienic disasters. Suddenly the noncontact squat toilet doesn?t look like such a bad option any more (as long as you roll up your trouser legs).
  • * 2010 , Meegan Jones, Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide , Earthscan, page 206,
    • Waterless urinals are a great way of keeping the guys out of the cubicle toilets, keeping the urine separated from the solid waste (when using composting loos') and reducing water consumption if you have flush ' loos .
    References

    Etymology 2

    Shortened form of lanterloo.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The card game lanterloo.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
    • (Goldsmith)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A hot, dusty wind in Bihar and the Punjab.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Man Who Would be King’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, p. 135:
    • It was a pitchy black night, as stifling as a June night can be, and the loo , the red-hot wind from the westward, was booming among the tinder-dry trees and pretending that the rain was on its heels.
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