Things you refuse to call by their new name

If British people use the Americanism, bathroom, when they they actually mean toilet, I feel murderous!

I need to get out more.
It's a water closet or jakes. Toilet is a French loanword adopted far more recently.
 
Starters. Why do restaurants insist on using the word 'entrees'? Pretentious bastards.

Living room not 'lounge'
Spare room not 'guest bedroom'

The Parlour is a front room without a TV that you keep for specialoccasions, i.e. Christmas dinner, or just in case royalty comes round, or for laying out the body when you've had a bereavement. It's not a 'snug' or 'lounge'.
 

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