Talk:Commode

This reads like a dictionary. --67.176.97.243 19:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Toilet
is this use of the word really considered slang? the derivation, from storage of the chamber pot, is pretty clear. for that matter, there are other meanings of the word toilet.Toyokuni3 (talk) 17:19, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * wiktionary lists it as a euphemism. does that equate to slang?Toyokuni3 (talk) 17:21, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * my understanding of a commode was of a chamber pot in some sort of housing like a cabinet with legs (a portable toilet), often used when someone was infirm or unable to get out to the toilet, particularly at night. My grandmother (in Ireland) had a commode and it was always referred to by that name. It certainly isn't slang here, the word was in general usage at least until the 1980s for any type of portable toilet Coolavokig (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * A toilet can only be a toilet. If you were to use the word commode to refer to a toilet, you can do so, but you are certainly using it as slang.--Mapsfly (talk) 06:00, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

John Thain news reference
I have added two redirects to this article: commode on legs and commode with legs for the recent uproar over John Thain's outrageously decorated offices at Bank of America, which included a "$35,000 commode with legs".

I am seeing several opinion pages that think this is a reference to some sort of gold-plated hospital-grade in-office chamberpot.

DMahalko (talk) 03:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, $35000 doesn't buy you a good Parisian eighteenth-century commode. Another bad investment? I'd love to see a picture... --Wetman (talk) 10:25, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

This was removed from the article.
In the Dutch variant of Standard Dutch, the term "commode" is used for commodes and changing tables. This was removed from the article. While this is the English language Wikipedia, I think this information may be relevant nonetheless. I'll try to explain why. The word commode is a calque, that in both English and Dutch is derived from the French word for "convenient" or "suitable". In Dutch, the word commode is not a word that just happens to be spelled the same, nor has it a different meaning. In Dutch, the word commode is used to refer to commodes. Just like the word computer is used to refer to computers. However, since the Dutch language doesn't really have an equivalent for changing table (nobody uses "babyaankleedmeubel"), the word commode is used. Most likely because these two furniture look alike. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 10:15, 16 August 2013 (UTC)