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Why is ‘loo’ slang? Because Simon Heffer says so!

Simon Heffer's Simply English could be THE pedant's loo book of the year – as long as you agree with his prejudices

"The only time anyone ever uses the word, in the phrase ‘legs akimbo’, it’s wrong." [(Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images]

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