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08-09-2008, 10:29 AM
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What is a Douchebag?
I have heard this insult used before. What the fuck is it supposed to mean? I know there is a feminine hygiene product that the term is a derivative of, but I am not sure what the name of it is. So what exactly does a person mean when they call someone a douchebag?
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08-09-2008, 10:39 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Douche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorry, I can't help you as to what a person might mean when they use it as an insult, but it's probably just the standard sort of Beavis and Butthead sort of thing where sexual and elimination body parts take on that sort of mystique.
I'm sure you can make something insulting up now that you know the explanation. Wiki says
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Slang uses
Douche bag, or simply douche, is considered to be a pejorative term in Australia, the Philippines, Ireland, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The slang usage of the term dates back to the 1960s.[6] The metaphor of identifying a person as a douche is intended to associate a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and malice.
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08-10-2008, 09:00 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
A douchebag is a person who would start a thread asking "What's a douchebag" as if they really couldn't figure it out from context or look it up on urban dictionary if it was really that confusing to them.
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08-11-2008, 12:23 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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08-11-2008, 01:12 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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Not sure about scumbag but I think there's a dirtbag on my vacuum cleaner.
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08-11-2008, 01:21 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Mine doesn't. I have a bagless vac. Works really well.
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08-11-2008, 01:29 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
My husband's ex-wife.
Or so he affectionately calls her. 
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08-11-2008, 01:30 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Deadlokd
Mine doesn't. I have a bagless vac. Works really well.
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Uh....that invites lots of commentary, but I think I'll keep my trap shut.
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08-11-2008, 01:33 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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My husband's ex-wife.
Or so he affectionately calls her. |
I was going to suggest that MC2000 find the single poster on FF whom he disliked the most. That would be the "douchebag".
For example, right now, so far as I'm concerned, BDS is a douchebag*. There are a couple others, but they are such rancid douchebags that I've put them on ignore.
* Of course, I suspect the feeling is mutual.
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08-11-2008, 01:50 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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scumbag: condom
(IIRC, it's very old naval slang)
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08-11-2008, 01:53 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Chris Porter
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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scumbag: condom
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How apt! 
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08-11-2008, 01:56 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Does it make me a little immature to want to answer the question "What is a Douchebag?" with...YOUR MOM!
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08-11-2008, 02:08 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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08-11-2008, 02:08 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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08-11-2008, 02:25 AM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Shelli
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Originally Posted by Chris Porter
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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scumbag: condom
(IIRC, it's very old naval slang) |
How apt! |
Just an aside....I thought it had to be a used condom.
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08-11-2008, 01:12 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad
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Originally Posted by Shelli
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Originally Posted by Chris Porter
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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scumbag: condom
(IIRC, it's very old naval slang) |
How apt! |
Just an aside....I thought it had to be a used condom. |
Q: What's the difference, in the navy, between a condom and a used condom?
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08-11-2008, 01:54 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
The amount of time since the ship left shore?
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08-11-2008, 04:20 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad
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Originally Posted by Shelli
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Originally Posted by Chris Porter
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Originally Posted by Legs
What's a scumbag or a dirtbag?
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scumbag: condom
(IIRC, it's very old naval slang) |
How apt! |
Just an aside....I thought it had to be a used condom. |
Well, that was my first thought, however, not sure why there would be a term for a used condom to begin with-does one actually need a term for a used condom? (as in, after being used, they are then given some different task?). So I thought I had recalled incorrectly, and it just meant condom.
It may mean used condom, which brings up the question, what is an unused condom called?
(all this information has very old residence in my brain, possibly over 40 years, so could well be wrong)
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08-11-2008, 04:31 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Here's a historical re-enactment that might answer the question:
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Originally Posted by SNL
Butler: Lord and Lady Douchebag!
Lord Salisbury: Well, well, well.. I was just asking Lord Sandwich, "Where the devil are those Douchebags?"
Lady Douchebag: Well, it has been impossible to get him out of his workshop! He has been working day and night.
Lord Salisbury: You, Douchebag? Well, I wasn't aware you dabbled in that sort of thing. What in heaven's name are you working on?
Lord Douchebag: Well, I would be happy to tell you.. but perhaps after you have finished eating.
Lord Salisbury: Well, here is Chambers right now. Would you like something to eat?
Lord Douchebag: We're not too hungry right now - just a plate of raw vegetables.
Lord Salisbury: Would you like some dresing with that?
Lady Douchebag: Just some vinegar and water, thank you.
Earl of Sandwich: Douchebag, how are you? I haven't seen you in the House of Lords in ages! Don't tell me for the first time in memory we are going to have a House of Parliament without a Douchebag?
Lord Douchebag: My dear Sandwich, Parliament has always had its share of Douchebags, and it always will.
Lord Salisbury: Spoken like a true Douchebag. I have often heard the King speak of your family.. [ to Earl of Sandwich ] ..and of yours, as well: "Give me a Sandwich and a Douchebag, and there is nothing I cannot do."
Earl of Sandwich: Hear, hear!
Lord Salisbury: So, tell me, Douchebag.. when are you going to show us that invention of yours?
Earl of Sandwich: Yes, Douchebag, just what kind of an invention are you sitting on?
Lord Douchebag: Well, it's a long story. Why don't we go out to the garden, and I'll explain it to you.
Earl of Sandwich: Tell me - did Lady Douchebag help you in the project?
Lord Douchebag: Help? Why.. she was the inspiration!
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08-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve
A douchebag is a person who would start a thread asking "What's a douchebag" as if they really couldn't figure it out from context or look it up on urban dictionary if it was really that confusing to them.
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If you weren't going to take my question seriously you could have just ignored the thread.
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08-11-2008, 07:56 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Yes, it was obviously a very serious question. I stand chastened.
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08-11-2008, 08:27 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Yes, it was obviously a very serious question. I stand chastened.
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Douching are we, ES?
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08-11-2008, 09:53 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Yes, it was obviously a very serious question. I stand chastened.
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The sentiment is appreciated even though it isn't sincere. At least I can pretend it is.
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08-11-2008, 10:01 PM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
Nevermind Pesci answered the way I would
Last edited by LadyShea; 08-11-2008 at 10:18 PM.
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08-11-2008, 11:57 PM
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Re: What is a Douchebag?
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Yes, it was obviously a very serious question. I stand chastened.
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