Wednesday night.
Wahaca Mexican restaurant at Canary Warf.
The business owner sitting next to me on the bench needs me to get up so he can get out.
He tells me:
Sorry, I’m just going to nip to the loo.
“Nip to the loo”…
“Loo” means the bathroom / restroom / washroom / toilet / WC…
And “nip” means he won’t be gone long.
“Nip to the loo”…
Sounds like the lyrics from a Beatles song.
I would have just said, Excuse me, I gotta go to the bathroom.
Again, the British expression wins more points for sound quality, don’t you think?
Hello Ryan !
You are fascinațing eith these news
I’m glad to know these expressions through you
Cheers,
Gabriel
The expression sound very funny to me
İn Türkiye, in some region we say ” İ’m going to conversation with the menager.” for “nip to loo”
Ha!
I should have said ‘in the sense of…’
I mean we say: müdüriyete gidiyorum 🙂
interesting!
I like Beatles songs!
If I heard that expression I’ll never understand what they want off me. But it sounds very melody.
Some joke from me:“nip to the loo” happens to me often.
Yes, “nip” is a short and full of energy word.
End, especially if you think of the other people around the table will die of boredom, while your visit to the toilet lasts, yes that’s the expression!
It sounds so funny 😁
You need to nip out bad habits from the root… If you nip (out? ) dead flowers from the plant, new ones will grow again.
To nip to the loo ?… Hmmmm…
Oh yes, it sounds nice :-), even google translator knows this :-). I met this expression for the first time. Will I remember it without using it? I guess I have to visit England :-).
Have a nice day!
J AM 90!