"Julia Altshuler" wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
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> > The indoor flush toilet was invented in the late 1800s. The inventor
> > was named Crapper, so the word crap appears to be a retrofit from his
> > name. He was beknighted by Queen Victoria for the invention.
>
>
> Snopes must be getting a lot of traffic today:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp


But he was most assuredly benighted!