I have heard at least 5 (English) names for the little travel bag that contains one’s toiletries.

What do you call it?

@toddgrotenhuis toiletry bag

@todd I'm Team Dopp Kit

@toddgrotenhuis toilettas (but that’s Dutch… I’ve always liked the Spanish sound of it, though! :)

@toddgrotenhuis Over here it’s “nécessaire”.

@nathanrhale @toddgrotenhuis Toiletry bag is the only term I've ever heard.

@scottpack @toddgrotenhuis Dopp Kit for me too, because that's what my father called it, but I have no idea what "dopp" actually means.

@dwalbert @todd Exact same situation here. I've no idea where he got that name but now I want to investigate. Maybe used to be a brand name of toiletry sets? I may report back.

My partner calls it a "ditty bag" which sounds even wilder. But it's fun to say.

@toddgrotenhuis "Bathroom bag" in our family

@toddgrotenhuis The ones I had already heard:

• Dopp kit
• Dob kit
• Douche kit
• Shave/ing kit
• Wash bag

New from this post:

• toiletry bag
• bathroom bag
• nécessaire
• toilettas
• ditty bag

@Ddanielson @dwalbert @todd Oh neat!! Makes perfect sense. If anything I'm surprised the brand is that recent.

@toddgrotenhuis well now I want to know all the English words, toiletry bag is what I call it

@toddgrotenhuis whoops I replied and then saw this

@toddgrotenhuis in Italy it's called 'beauty case' (yes, we use English terms), or just 'beauty' :)

@scottpack @ddanielson @todd Interesting! I see this is post World War I — the German name would never have survived that war in the US — but I assume “kit” is as in “Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,” etc., the song of that era. Or “kit and kaboodle.” Thinking of this I want to start calling mine my “trouble kit,” but maybe that’s something else.

@toddgrotenhuis I call it either “toalettsakene” (toilet things) or “barbersakene” (shaving things), but I think “toalettbag” (toilet bag) is the most commonly used term in Norway.