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She went to the bathroom vs She went to the loo

Both phrases are fine/correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'She went to the bathroom' is more common in American English, while 'She went to the loo' is more common in British English. The choice between the two phrases depends on the regional variation of English being used.
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She went to the bathroom

This phrase is correct and commonly used in American English to refer to using the toilet.

This phrase is commonly used in American English to indicate that someone is going to use the toilet or freshen up.

Examples:

  • She went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
  • I'll be right back, I need to go to the bathroom.
  • He asked where the bathroom was located.
  • The bathroom is down the hall on the left.
  • She spent a long time in the bathroom getting ready.
  • She had to have planted a bug in mine when she went to the bathroom.
  • I got it out of her phone when she went to the bathroom.
  • She went to the bathroom, without a lot fanfare, we gave her MMs.
  • She went to the bathroom, we gave her the MMs.
  • During the concert, she felt faint, she went to the bathroom.
  • She went to the bathroom and shut the door.
  • Dinner, and stole 'em from her purse when she went to the bathroom, and then had a C.I. Go make copies.
  • She put us in a security cell while she went to the bathroom.
  • My friend Beth said that the way she did it was to just take him with her every time she went to the bathroom.
  • Thought the date was going well till she went to the bathroom and never came back.
  • We finished looking around, and then she went to the bathroom for a minute, and she - she didn't come back.

Alternatives:

  • She went to the restroom
  • She went to the washroom
  • She went to the toilet
  • She went to use the facilities
  • She went to powder her nose

She went to the loo

This phrase is correct and commonly used in British English to refer to using the toilet.

This phrase is commonly used in British English to indicate that someone is going to use the toilet or freshen up.

Examples:

  • She went to the loo before leaving the house.
  • Excuse me, I need to pop to the loo.
  • The loo is on the second floor.
  • She realized she left her phone in the loo.
  • He knocked on the loo door to see if it was occupied.
  • Vanessa will not want to answer questions about the divorce or when she went loopy-loo on "I'm a Celebrity Big Brother".
  • When you went to the loo, I slipped poison in your drink.
  • You came in, went to the loo, then passed out.
  • I just want to know what he has in that briefcase, it's the second time he went to the loo.
  • I just went to the loo and I thought I turned the heat down, off, down and I mustn't have done.
  • I had a date in a coffee shop once and I thought it had gone really well, but when I went to the loos, I realised I had chocolate from my cappuccino all over my lip.
  • But she lost everything when she went to jail.
  • Maybe she went to follow up.
  • She went to Russia looking for Deadshot.
  • Your homegirl Beth Davis didn't exist until she went to the academy 12 years ago.
  • I think she went to the kitchen upstairs.
  • She went to see the lawyer about her son.
  • She went to school at Cambridge in England.
  • She went to jail for impersonating an attorney.
  • She went to Australia on vacation.
  • She went to school with our victim.
  • I heard she went to college on the mainland.
  • That's why she went to the reunion.
  • She went to visit him twice in the last month.
  • Grace, she went to New York.

Alternatives:

  • She went to the toilet
  • She went to the WC
  • She went to the lavatory
  • She went to use the facilities
  • She went to powder her nose

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