User:SnowyCinema/Red Roof Inn

English

Etymology

From the United States economy hotel chain Red Roof Inn.

Noun

Red Roof Inn (plural Red Roof Inns)

1. (scouting, slang) One of the latrines with a red metal roof found across Philmont Scout Ranch.
   • 2010, Joseph Torlucci, Out In God's Country, Tonight - An Adult's Re-Experience of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico, Lulu.com (→ISBN), page 26:

     Have you ever tried packing 13 people into a wooden outhouse? Not the most comfortable way to start things off. The wooden latrine had a red metal roof–the Philmont lingo for which is a “red roof inn”.

References

• https://groups.google.com/g/rec.scouting.usa/c/z-9d4R5baeo/m/JihGb3gJpSYJ
• https://groups.google.com/g/rec.scouting.usa/c/5b-7-RfwhBs/m/N6ChCYL9K48J