double-u

• double U
• double u
• double-U
• doubleyou

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbəljuː/

double-u (plural double-ues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W.
2. Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph UU.
3. (euphemistic) The WC; the toilet.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 234:

     She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.

• dubya
• → Portuguese: dáblio, dâblio

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed