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    Farewell, Douchebag

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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/19/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    I like toolbox as well, but one could also say Craftsman, as in the Sears tool brand with the lifetime guarantee.


    Other possibilities inlcude nutcluster and tosser.

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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    I double-douche-dare you to get rid of it.
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    Image of gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    I nominate "meatsleeve."


    To my son, the phrase "peepeediaperhead" was the most offensive thing his cousin ever called him. Nine years later, it still rankles him.


    Peepeediaperhead!!

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    Image of LilyBlue LilyBlue
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    p.s. The easiest way to 'retire' a word is to simply stop using it. Others will emulate you if they agree.
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    Image of LilyBlue LilyBlue
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    My mother once heard my brother call someone a douchebag and asked me what it meant. So as not to bust him, I told her it was kind of like a totebag. Now I laugh every time I hear the word 'totebag.'
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    Image of ian spiegelman ian spiegelman
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    Wow, banning a term that is a fun, harmless feature of this site which sets a tone that readers have known and been warmly comfortable with for years and years and challenging writers to come up with a brand new cliche to accomplish the same exact thing months and months after Radar tried unsuccessfully to find a replacement for it. That is bold and out-o-the-box. That's leadership!
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    Image of AllsWell AllsWell
    12/18/08

    @ian spiegelman: Nice.
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    Image of ian spiegelman ian spiegelman
    12/18/08

    @AllsWell: T'anks.
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    12/18/08

    @ian spiegelman: Schwing!
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    Image of ian spiegelman ian spiegelman
    12/18/08

    @Trixie from Toronto: Aw hey Trix! But we can't really talk anymore. I mean, didn't you hear?? This is a *national* news site now! Gabe and Nick made it professional! Doesn't this look professional? Can you smell the news?
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    12/18/08

    @ian spiegelman: I want more fun. And schwinging.
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    "Tool" is one I have stayed true to for years. It just seems to say so much in so few letters.
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    Image of sakade sakade
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    "A douchebag is a hygienic product. I take that as a compliment."
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    Image of HK_Guy HK_Guy
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    Dan Savage famously turned "Sanctorum" into a noun and verb for the act of and having shit on your dick after sex (I think; don't quote me). Can't we take "Bush" and make it into something obscene. Oh wait ...
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    Image of Mairinpgh Mairinpgh
    12/18/08

    @HK_Guy: Santorum = Douchebag.


    Just saying.

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    Image of ian spiegelman ian spiegelman
    12/18/08

    @Mairinpgh: Actually, Santorum means "The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."
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    Image of SpicyMeatball SpicyMeatball
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    assclown
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    "What a fucking DICKBOMB that guy is"


    "That dude is such a PONTZ"

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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    There are a few of us with special needs children who are getting a little touchy about overuse of the word "retard."
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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    Fuck, this again? We do this, what, every year?


    Let it go. Douchebag works.


    Change we don't need.

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    Image of wholenuther wholenuther
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    Might I introduce "Bush" in honor of the biggest douche bag of this century? What a Bush that guy was.
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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    12/18/08

    @wholenuther:Bush-dag.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    12/18/08

    In reply to Farewell, Douchebag
    When in doubt, consult George Carlin, I always say.


    You want the New Trendy Word™ that replaces "douche/bag" to not rely on the Seven Words You Can't Use on Television (or at least, the 4 of the 7 that are still monitored), so that posts will still be quoted elsewhere without those emasculating asterisks (f**k, etc).


    Douchebag implies someone who is ultimately redeemable, or at least containable as a chronic irritant rather than a malignancy. Doing something douchey doesn't bring about the end of the world, it's merely fodder for temporary snark and ridicule. When douchebags become self-aware, and still decide to be douchey, they become something else, something more sinister, like a prick or a miserable fuck.


    This is why my current favorite, fucknose, would not be a suitable replacement. It's too pejorative and indicative of someone who is either irredeemable, or a lost cause. Also, see Carlin above.


    Is there a proper equivalent to douchebag? And if not, could that be the reason that, two years later, the word refuses to die?


    I think we should narrow our focus. Douchebag is the oldest, dustiest form of the word. However, calling an action or behavior douchey, in my opinion, isn't quite ready for retirement. In these situations, the trouble usually starts when the commenters start overusing the term in question, which causes the bloggers/posters to question their own freshness. This self-consciousness can be responsible for retiring words and trends before their time.


    I mean really, if douchebag/douchey has to go, shouldn't hipster have gone by now as well? But there are hipsters out there who still need their day in the sun, and god knows there are new douchebags lurking around every corner. What else can we call them? What else indeed...

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