locker room

¹ American  

noun

1. a room containing lockers, as in a gymnasium, factory, or school, for changing clothes and for the storage and safekeeping of personal belongings.

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locker-room ² American  

[lok-er-room, -room] / ˈlɒk ərˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit.

   locker-room humor.

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Etymology

Origin of locker room¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Origin of locker-room²

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

But after the Rams’ loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Nacua criticized officials in a social media post from the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times

At halftime, the Huskies went into the locker room trailing the top team in the nation by 15 points.

From The Wall Street Journal

Just know the beach will always draw them back to sunny Southern California as the three sat in the Redondo Union volleyball locker room wearing shorts, sandals and their MIT shirts.

From Los Angeles Times

He began worrying about whether listeners would keep tuning in to a bunch of self-described normal guys when they could hear an entire series from an NBA player dishing on locker room antics.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was about winning championships, that was the expectation and I think everyone in that locker room felt that pressure,” said Mark Madsen, whose first two NBA seasons were on Lakers title teams.

From Los Angeles Times