kybo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare khyber (“arse, buttocks”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Boy Scouting - acronym for 'Keep Your Bowels Open' - but practically - when camping, the pit dug as a latrine - "I need to go visit the KYBO".
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Noun
kybo (plural kybos)
- (slang, Scouting movement) An outside toilet; an outhouse.
- Synonyms: (Scouting slang) biffy; see also Thesaurus:outhouse
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “kybo n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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