要上厕所吗？

lunik

今天看连续剧时看到这样一句话：
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小美猪

take a leak
go  pee pee
别的不知道了

Yiyan

猜测一下：剧中人异常恼火或后悔或其他，但当着别人的面又不好发作，于是乎有人幸灾乐祸：找个没人的地儿（比如厕所）撞头去吧！

费莫

There's no delicate way to put this – if someone says they are going to hit the head, it means they plan on using the restroom. The expression hit the head comes from Navy and Coast Guard jargon for 'bathroom'. Sailors, marines and Coast Guard members call their facilities heads, while land-based military personnel call them latrines. Naval ships actually have the word head stenciled on the watertight doors leading to the cramped but serviceable facilities.
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The origin of hit the head can be traced back to ancient sailing vessels. Sailors who needed to relieve themselves would make their way to a designated area under the deck near the bow or front of the ship. This area was selected for several reasons. First of all, the odors would be dissipated into the air before reaching the main living and work areas. Secondly, the constant spray of ocean water would act as a natural sanitizer and keep the area relatively clean.

Since this area was also close to the carved figurehead on the bow, it became known informally as the head. The term stuck even as shipbuilders incorporated indoor plumbing and other modern conveniences to military ships. Generations of sailors have since adopted the phrase hit the head as a euphemism, and eventually the term became part of popular culture as these men and women assimilated back into society.

The phrase hit the head is just one example of military jargon entering popular usage. There are a number of other Naval terms and expressions that may sound very familiar to our ears, such as the word wallop. It is said that King Henry VIII sent an Admiral Wallop to France in order to avenge the French burning of the city of Brighton. The resulting damage to the French coast was so severe that Wallop's name became synonymous with the use of overwhelming force.
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Other familiar phrases with a naval origin include hunky-dory, supposedly a corruption of Honki-Dori, a Japanese street known for its hospitality towards sailors on leave. If a situation is considered satisfactory or pleasant, it is often said to be hunky-dory. A slang word for office gossip, scuttlebutt, is also said to come from naval history. Sailors stored their drinking water in stoppered barrels called scuttlebutts, or simply butts. Time spent around these water barrels would often involve the retelling of rumors or other bits of ship's news.

So if you're three sheets to the wind, or need to hit the head to get the latest scuttlebutt, watch out for the crow's nest. I hear it packs a mean wallop

lington

原帖由 费莫 于 2008-4-20 19:52 发表
There's no delicate way to put this – if someone says they are going to hit the head, it means they plan on using the restroom. The expression hit the head comes from Navy and Coast Guard jargon for  ...

lunik

费老果然知识渊博啊，这样一解释就很容易理解了，狗狗果然是个好东西哈
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[ 本帖最后由 lunik 于 2008-4-20 21:34 编辑 ]

brian123

Number，嘿嘿

Yiyan

严谨的治学态度     
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5 ~* q$ m# j7 u9 u  [) E+ O相比之下，中文则user friendly 多了，认它千把个字，便可拚来凑去，整出万儿八千的词汇来，那就算成了“精儿”咧。

fushiyu

canadianForce

I have another way:
I need to do my business