What do you call your toilet paper?
By mtdewgurl74
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
United States
July 16, 2009 12:05am CST
I have just read some weird and different names and slang terms are used for toilet paper in countries around the world, including "loo roll/paper," "toilet roll," "dunny roll/paper," "shiitter paper," "date roll," "bog roll," "shiit paper/roll," "AP [for all-purpose] paper," "bum wad," "bathroom/toilet tissue," "jacks roll", "TP" or just "tissue."
So what do you call yours? I guess I am ordinary I just call it toilet paper..but hubby has another name for it..he calls it asspaper..lol
Do you know any different names for it?
Yes I am crazy for starting this discussion..lol
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40 responses
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hi ya AmbiePam, Thanks for responding to my discussion as crazy as it is..seems that not all are really different in calling it toilet paper. But it was fun just to see if they did..some came up with a few new names that was funny. Well, hope you have a good day.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
16 Jul 09
usually i call it just TP but when I'm out
it has different names like
"napkins, and paper towels"
it has different names like
"napkins, and paper towels"
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hi missybear, How ya doing today? Hope all is well,the new Charmin they have out now the strong one..is almost like a roll of miniature paper towels. Thanks for the response. have a good day..
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Thanks for your response peavey, I appreciate it.
Yep, that is what it is..either that or Bathroom tissue.
We could call it the swiper paper..
Yep, that is what it is..either that or Bathroom tissue.We could call it the swiper paper..
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Jul 09
I'm pretty boring by the sounds of it and just call it plain old toilet paper! To embrace the spirit of the discussion topic, I guess I'll have to try and come up with something new though..... Ummmmm..... "Sphincter Scrubs", and "Butt Buffers"! I only woke up 45 minutes ago and have to head out the door in 5 minutes, so that's the best I can do for now. lol.
To embrace the spirit of the discussion topic, I guess I'll have to try and come up with something new though..... Ummmmm..... "Sphincter Scrubs", and "Butt Buffers"! I only woke up 45 minutes ago and have to head out the door in 5 minutes, so that's the best I can do for now. lol.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Well you did great for just waking up..thanks for giving it a go..love the "Butt Buffers" one..lolI gotta try that one Well have a good day at work I guess it is work your heading off too..ttyl.Thanks for responding.
.lolI gotta try that one Well have a good day at work I guess it is work your heading off too..ttyl.Thanks for responding.1 person likes this
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Sorry"mistaken it and not try to sniff it up their noses...
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
You could take yours and mix them and have butt scrubs or scrubbers..lol
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Thanks for the response MsTickle, I appreciate it alot...when paper is just said..make me think of newspaper or magazines...and just thankful It hasn't come down to having to use those yet..
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Wow, now that was taking it a bit far..did others bring toilet paper from home? When we run out we will use paper towels till we can get some toiler paper, But then at times we just gotta use what we got right?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
19 Jul 09
Years ago I worked for a family firm who sold dress fabrics. The old man who started the business was ancient and well known for his Scrooge attitude. He would only come in on Tuesday dressed impeccably in a beautiful suit and driven by his chauffeur in his Rolls Royce. In one section of the 4 story store, we sold patterns...every month we would throw away the discards and return the envelopes for credit. He wanted the discarded tissue patterns to be torn into squares for the staff to use as loo paper!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 Jul 09
It's 'loo paper' for me when I'm using English. When I'm over at mother's I uaually have to add 'loo rolls' to the shopping list as we get through it quicker than when I'm not there lol.
Here in Italy it is called 'carta igienica' which literally translated is 'hygienic paper' which seems to sum it up nicely as it does get used in more places than just there I guess 
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hello mysdianait, thanks for the response. I like that carta igienica, Yep toilet paper has many uses besides what it is supposed to be for. A lot even use it to remove makeup, for their noses,dry their hands on and many other things I am sure.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
19 Jul 09
Yup there's a lot of good things here apart from pizza and espresso
@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
28 Jul 09
Well I can't say too much about it as in our house we just call it toilet paper.
I do have friends that refer to it as butt wipe, tp, skid remover, a$$ wiper, tp for my bung hole and a multitude of other odd things.
I think I'll just stick with toilet paper... lol
Blessed be,
Mari
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
28 Jul 09
Skid remover..now there is a good name fore it..haven't heard it named that yet..lolthanks for the response mari..appreciate it.
haven't heard it named that yet..lolthanks for the response mari..appreciate it.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hey thanks stephcjh for stopping by my crazy discussion. My husband has some other crazy names for the toilet paper as well sometimes..especially when we run out and have to rely on stuff they have at the convenient store down the road..He calls the thin toilet paper John Wayne paper..not so weird till you hear the reason why..because it is so rough and tough and it doesn't take any shiit..lolSorry for the cursing. But explaining it his way..
My husband has some other crazy names for the toilet paper as well sometimes..especially when we run out and have to rely on stuff they have at the convenient store down the road..He calls the thin toilet paper John Wayne paper..not so weird till you hear the reason why..because it is so rough and tough and it doesn't take any shiit..lolSorry for the cursing. But explaining it his way..
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
16 Jul 09
Maybe hubby got torlet paper from Archie Bunker, he used to say torlet all the time.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hi mtdewgurl. I guess I'm ordinary too, because I call it toilet paper as well! LOL I'm pretty sure my husband has called it other things, but the only one that comes to mind is TP. 
I love what your husband calls it...asspaper. I'll have to remember that one! LOL
I love what your husband calls it...asspaper. I'll have to remember that one! LOL1 person likes this
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hey sacmom, Thanks for responding to my discussion. ya, my husband has a silly sense of humor at times that is what made me attracted to him more. He has came up with some weird ones in all the 18 years of marriage..but his most used one was asspaper..lol When I hear TP I automatically think of a Indian tepee.
ya, my husband has a silly sense of humor at times that is what made me attracted to him more. He has came up with some weird ones in all the 18 years of marriage..but his most used one was asspaper..lol When I hear TP I automatically think of a Indian tepee.1 person likes this
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hi sacmom,Thanks for the response.Some of the other members has come up with a few more funny names that gave me a few giggles. I'm going to have to let hubby see them to what he thinks of them as well.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Anytime mtdew! 
I've automatically thought that before too. Until I realized that it was about toilet paper and not an actual tepee. Now when I hear the word I automatically think toilet paper, even when it's about a tepee. That's what I get for having a nephew who was always talking about TP around my husband and I when he was growing up! LOL
I've automatically thought that before too. Until I realized that it was about toilet paper and not an actual tepee. Now when I hear the word I automatically think toilet paper, even when it's about a tepee. That's what I get for having a nephew who was always talking about TP around my husband and I when he was growing up! LOL1 person likes this
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
17 Jul 09
How funny, that there are so many terms for the one thing. I just call it toilet paper!
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Hi terri0824, thanks for stopping by my strange discussion, it is appreciated.Thanks for the response.
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
29 Jul 09
Its toilet paper here. Or tp works too. Bum wad, that's terrific! You may be crazy for starting this discussion but thanks for the SMILE!
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
29 Jul 09
Thanks for the response ersmommy1, I am glad I was bale to give you a smile today.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
1 Sep 09
Thanks for the response Hatley, I appreciate it...I don't know I am American and my hubby is too but he can toot off the weirdest names for it sometimes.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
9 Apr 10
If I sent hubs out for tissue paper he would come back with something useless to use to wipe with..lol he would come back with that crafting tissue paper or the kind that you put in gifts bags..
@bookfreak24 (88)
• India
17 Jul 09
I call it poopie paper...much more classier than toilet paper!!! :D
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Now that is a cute name. thanks for the response bookfreak24
thanks for the response bookfreak24
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
17 Jul 09
just toilet paper for me
I think hubby calls it the same, I don't pay attention I guess
but since that is the only tissue we have sometimes I call it a/p paper too
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Hey thanks LitleMel for the response. Have a good night.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Jul 09
yes i call it just the same as you. and so does son but his gf (i think because she thinks shes fancy) calls it bathroom tissue. she thinks everything has to have a special proper name.
im like you. i look up some of the weirdest things sometimes and if i dont find the answer i come hear to ask
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hi how ya doing? I am glad I am not the only one that does that. Not alot goes on in my life so don't have much to write about from that point of view...so I try to find things and rarely I find a discussion that hasn't been done before..Thanks for your response bunnybon7 it is really appreciated bunches. have a good day..
@fheroan (615)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
oh my..i didn't imagined that a toilet paper have different names given by people to it..well, here in our house we have different kinds of tissue paper..
for the bathroom..we call it "tissue for bathroom"..and its always colored pink, coz our bathroom is pink..lol, and "tissue for kitchen"...and always white, but our kitchen is not white..its yellow, i think if my mom saw a tissue paper colored yellow, i think she'll buy it for the kitchen..lol
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I would too since my kitchen is also yellow. and my bathroom is pink and maroon. But we get plain white toilet paper in there. Well, thanks for the response fheroan.
@incredibleDNA (1742)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
even if it's called tissue roll on roll's brands available at supermarkets, we still call it tissue paper. it really doesn't bother also if some will call it as napkin but i guess that it's more appropriate for girl's pads.
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@WilliamC87 (163)
• United States
17 Jul 09
i personally for the most part only call it toiler paper...one thing i have called it besides that is TP...lol...i dunno of anyone who uses any real weird slang terms for the stuff...but i have heard that there are alot of wierds names around the world for it....
another thing i have heard is a bunch of weird other alternetives for even using tp that diff cultures do...i havnt heard any details but if anyone has any insights outta curiousity...fire away...lol
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Hello WilliamC87 I know back in the old days they used different stuff besides the paper. But only alternatives I could think of is the cleansing clothes and the water sprayer. Thanks for the response.
