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latrine lips

(ləˈtrin ˈlɪps)

n. a person who uses dirty language. Hey, latrine lips! Cool it!

See also: latrine, lip

latrine rumor

(ləˈtrin ˈrumɚ)

n. any rumor, especially one that is alleged to spread at the latrine [general toilet facilities]. (see also furphy, scuttlebutt.) Somebody started spreading a latrine rumor about the colonel’s wife.

See also: latrine, rumor

latrine wireless

(ləˈtrin ˈwɑɪɚləs)

n. the free exchange of information and gossip at the general toilet facilities. (see also grapevine, latrine rumor. This wireless alludes to the older term for a radio, not to modern wireless telephony.) It came over the latrine wireless this morning. We’re all shipping out.

See also: latrine, wireless