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The list of such euphemisms is long, especially for women's rooms.  In
the high days of euphemy in the United States they were not called
anything at all, but simply marked _For Ladies Only_.  Later this was
reduced to _Ladies Only_, then to _Ladies_, and finally to _Women_.
		-- H.L. Mencken, _The American Language_, "American
		   and English"

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