Poet Laureate of Douchebags?

[Socratease]

That sounds like fun, although personally I'd prefer to see it done to a writer that I cannot stand.

 

[homeless mind]

The real problem is opinion disguised as "criticism." If the writer of the trite Esquire piece had bothered with actual comparative techniques...if he bothered looking at language, & sentence structure, & tried to unlock a few metaphors instead of his blanket dismissal of Buk's work..maybe I could take what he said more seriously.

Yes

No - the real crime is that guy was paid to write the piece; & that the magazine published the piece; & when we read it it was obvious how hopelessly ill-informed the writer was...& we had no choice but to discount what the writer & the magazine attempts because they are lazy & don't check facts...thereby wasting everyone's time.

And yes.

Last time I checked the URL here, it had nothing to do with douchebags.

My bad for steadfastly sticking up for a (perceived, in my mind) friend, even though I'm not on the Christmas card list...However, having read and collected BUK for decades, my opinions and knowledge of him may be just a bit more qualified than the asshole with the throw-away line.

 

[roni]

I certainly do know, what a 'douchebag' is, but I wonder, where that word comes from.

What would be a 'douch(e)'...?

Is there any English word like this? Or anything similar? Would it make sense with the combination of '-bag' and the meaning of 'douchebag'?


... and please, don't come 'round, telling me a 'Douch' is just the short form of 'Douchebag', okay?!!

 

[bospress.net]

A Douchebag is a product for women to wash out their vaginas. They are called douches or douchebags (although I believe that douchebags are reusable, while douches are usually disposable). I'm not sure why this has also come to represent people, but it has. I'm not sure how to describe what a douchebag is, but Think Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch, and that will give you a good idea.

As far as other English words that use -bag, there are a lot. Scumbag, shitbag, dirtbag...

I believe that "douche" is French for "Wash". Someone that speaks French can confirm this.

Bill

 

[homeless mind]

If I may magically place a mirror in the Esquire writer's bathroom, have him walk in after cashing his check for writing that piece of shit he wrote (the entire story was bad), and look directly into a focal point, I would have a visual definition of douchebag.

Words unnecessary.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

douche is french for shower.

 

[homeless mind]

^ What is bag French for? :eek:

 

[roni]

[...] other English words that use -bag, there are a lot. Scumbag, shitbag, dirtbag...

yeah, I was thinking along that line. Which would need douch(e) to mean something dirty.
But I didn't know, What that could be. Your explanation with the vagina-washing-product would fit. So I truly guess that's it.

'douche' in French is a 'shower' (as is 'Dusche' in German) - but this wouldn't make sense. So I go with bill. Unless some linguist comes up with some savvy idea.

What is bag French for?

sac.
(I suppose, but don't know, it's related to the English AND German word: 'sack' / 'Sack')

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Okay, this thread has deteriorated to the point of this old joke.

A drunk walks into a bar and slaps a wad of cash down and says, " Bartender a want to buy a round, and even one for the old douche bag down there." pointing at the old lady barfly. "Hey hey hey, wise ass that's no way to talk to a lady." shouted the bartender angrily. "You should apologize."
The old lady said, "No, don't worry about it just get me the drink."
The bartender asked, "What will you have ma'am?" She said, "Gimme a vinegar and water."

 

[CRBSMILE]

Knuckle Head!:D

 

[strangegirl]

Okay to clarify:
From Wikipedia:

A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself.

Douche usually refers to vaginal irrigation, the rinsing of the vagina, but it can also refer to the rinsing of any body cavity. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching - a bag for holding the fluid used in douching.

So now if you think of it in realistic terms:

You get drunk, you have sex, with some asshole you met at a bar. You of course were to drunk to stop it, it happens, been there done that....
The next morning you wake up and Think "What the fuck was I thinking having sex with that douchebag"
You immediately go to the bathroom to wash that whole experience out and down the drain.
The douchbag hold the contents of the whole humiliating, stupid, insane, drunken and unmemorable experience.:D

 

[Purple Stickpin]

In these advanced times, I would think that the term "douche bottle with turkey-baster-like attachment" would be more appropriate. But not nearly as derogatory, of course.

 

[bospress.net]

You get drunk, you have sex, with some asshole you met at a bar. You of course were to drunk to stop it, it happens, been there done that....
The next morning you wake up and Think "What the fuck was I thinking having sex with that douchebag"
You immediately go to the bathroom to wash that whole experience out and down the drain.
The douchbag hold the contents of the whole humiliating, stupid, insane, drunken and unmemorable experience.:D

Strangegirl coming outta her shell!

 

[roni]

thanks strange!
obviously, you got it.

 

[Ambreen]

Kubrick's version, or William Makepeace Thackeray's? ;)

Kubrick's one, of course. He (helped by Ryan O'Neal) succeeded into transfiguring a character that appears as incredibly ridiculous and hateful in Thackeray's picaresque novel.