Timeline for What is a 'sparrow bath' and how do you do it in airport bathroom?
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| Dec 16, 2020 at 4:10 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2018 at 9:41 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2016 at 23:18 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | Again, the tag is for the question. An answer is a response to the question, and which in this case has even been accepted by the OP. | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 22:44 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | @pnuts Not sure I understand? The question was about airports. I mentioned bathrooms and cubicles within, I expect anyone reading it would presume I'm talking about the airport mentioned in the Q. | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 6:36 | comment | added | coteyr | I'v always called this a "PTA" bath. From my grandfather. It's not a nice acronym, but it conveys the meeting very well. (Privates, Tits, and Armpits). It's meant as a "when you don't have a choice but want/need to freshen up a little bit" a "sparrow bath" is the same thing, but without sounding quite so rude. | |
| Dec 22, 2016 at 4:10 | comment | added | phoog | @RoddyoftheFrozenPeas a web search suggests strongly that it definitely is not a standard phrase in English, though I'm rather partial to Nobody's hypothesis that it is a standard phrase in some other language. Perhaps the poster of the answer to the other question in which the phrase was used will weigh in (I believe it was Gagravarr). | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 20:41 | comment | added | Nobody | Probably it's a figure of speech in some language which is not English. In German you say Katzenwäsche which is like cat's bath... | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 17:05 | comment | added | Simba | I haven't come across the term before, but it is a very evocative turn of phrase if you've ever watched sparrows washing themselves in a pool of water. I like it. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 14:56 | comment | added | Roddy of the Frozen Peas | @shirish - I'm not convinced it's a standard term; it's more likely just a colorful turn of phrase by the author of the original article. It's much more common for someone to say that they "splashed some water on their face." | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 13:32 | comment | added | shirish | I was under the impression it was something more. As what you had shared, I had already 'sparrow bathed' in an airport, just didn't know the term :) | |
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| Dec 21, 2016 at 13:08 | history | edited | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 21, 2016 at 13:08 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | @phoog well the other question didn't explain what a sparrow bath was, which is what the OP is asking. No? | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 13:07 | comment | added | phoog | Does this add anything to the 8 answers to the other question? | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 13:05 | history | answered | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |