Thomas Crapper sold an improved toilet with his name marked on them, which were popular in England. US soldiers stationed there started referring to toilets as

Thomas Crapper sold an improved toilet with his name marked on them, which were popular in England. US soldiers stationed there started referring to toilets as "the crapper", possibly because in the US "crap" still meant "refuse", a specific sort of which was ingested by the crapper. [1] The toilet is also called the "john" because John Harrington invented the first flushing toilet in Britain. [2] In British usage, "to hoover" means "to vacuum [e.g. a carpet]" or "to suck up as if by a vacuum cleaner" (e.g. "tech companies hoover up as much user data as they can"). Murray Spangler, a janitor, invented a vacuum cleaner to avoid aggravating his asthma while cleaning. W. H. Hoover bought his patent and founded the Hoover company, which sold the devices which hoovered the dirt. [3] [1] https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/why-the-toilet-is-commonly-known-as-the-crapper/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/why-the-toi... [2] https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/08/why-the-toilet-is-sometimes-called-a-john/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/08/why-the-toi... [3] https://hoover.com/pages/about-hoover https://hoover.com/pages/about-hoover