877: Stool May 3, 2017

George II was said to have 'died at stool' which was the manner in which Elvis' death on the toilet may have been recounted had it also happened in 1760. This was not even the only way that nobility used the word 'stool' with  to some association to "using the bathroom", but at this time, 'stool' would have referred not to the actual waste as it does today, but the toilet, much like the many other words used today including, 'John', 'can', and 'ivory throne'. The euphemism, 'stool', in this case was took on its meaning of 'toilet' in the 18th century, long after the word was used to mean a seat just as it is nowadays, and etymologically it is even related to the word 'stand'. After it was used as a synonym for toilet, even as part of the title of the man who wiped the King, Groom of the Stool, eventually took on the meaning of 'poo' rather than 'toilet', and is used still employed now.