

What does "W.C" mean? My guess was "water closet" - basically toilet slippers.
If my guess is true why does she wear it? Is it a popular thing in Japan or
Germany for housewives to go out with toilet slippers?

[!["W.C"
slippers](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00v4N.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/00v4N.jpg)

[![Izumi Curtis](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m3R2Y.jpg)]


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What does "W.C" on Izumi Curtis's slippers mean?


The user Tombow on <http://www.fullmetal-
alchemist.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t12824-450.html> stated:

> W.C. = Water Closet. = toilet.
>
> In Japan, in Inns and other places like that sometimes they have public
> bathrooms (toilet) and some of them have slippers to be used inside that
> bathroom, often with W.C. written like that, and, yes, some of these
> bathroom slippers are exactly like what Izumi is wearing. (I saw them in
> some other anime and manga, too, but I got these pics form Google. XDD)


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