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General Slang
Blue canoe
bloo kuh-NOO · noun · slang
A portable toilet.
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A portable field latrine, named for its typical blue color.
“The blue canoes by the motor pool needed pumping out.”
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Blue canoe In A Sentence
The blue canoes by the motor pool needed pumping out.
Origin & Usage
U.S. military field slang.
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What is a 'blue canoe'?
It is slang for a portable field toilet, named for the blue color of the typical portable latrine.
Why is it called a canoe?
The nickname jokes on the shape and color of the unit, comparing the blue portable toilet to a canoe.
Where is the term used?
It is U.S. military field slang, common where troops rely on portable latrines in the field or at motor pools.
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