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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Garfunkel and Oates get it right. #newyorktimes
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I'm way more concerned with the magazine story on Megan Fox. #newyorktimes
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    You simply cannot go wrong with dick. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Paul Krugman longs for the freedom to drop douche-bombs. You just know that he uses the word "douche" all the time in his off-blog life. #newyorktimes
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Now that D-bag has been so mainstreamed I'm gonna lobby for bringing "f*ckwad" back into circulation. It hasn't been worn out yet and it can be effectively weaponized against D-bag ex-boyfriends. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Cunning_Linguist Cunning_Linguist
    11/14/09

    @snugbug: I'm on it, fuckwad. (I mean that in the nicest way possible.) #newyorktimes
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/14/09

    @Cunning_Linguist: Straight-on, b*tch-ass! (I stole this one from NWA-era Ice Cube.) #newyorktimes
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    This is like when your parents tell you they like your music. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I think the reasons people like "fuck" and "douchebag" and any curse word, really, are, as you said, the way they roll of the tongue, their supposed shock value, and how they communicate this basic sense of frustration or anger or just plain dislike when eloquence fails us.

    In that regard, I don't really see what distinguishes "fuck" or "douchebag" or any other curse words from each other. Maybe "douchebag" offends the ladyfolk's delicate sensibilities (<-- this is sarcasm), but — like most swear words — they're pretty much stripped of any literal meaning when we re-appropriate them into curse words anyway.

    In other words, if "douchebag" is empty and meaningless and simply, so is "fuck," etc. If that's the logic by which we judge the usefulness of swear words, aren't they pretty much all "Already Over?"

    (That said... Really, Times?)
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    Image of burbere002 burbere002
    11/14/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: What's required is a cunning linguist.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/14/09

    @Sergio Hernandez:

    I thought I'd become inured to all profanity until I read "axegash" yesterday. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/14/09

    @burbere002: And a master debater. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I think the fact that the word is so contentious, and has provoked so much commentary speaks to how great it is.

    Sure, as Foster eloquently stated, it's a discount counter brand insult, but tell me it just doesn't feel right when used to describe the subject of your disdain.

    Azzwizard is simply trying to hard. An insult isn't so much about showing off as it is an instinctual reaction.

    At the end of the day, I'm just glad Foster enjoyed my douchenozzle. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/14/09

    @Anthony De Rosa: Your douchenozzle was glorious. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    What is this awful world coming to? Last night on CNN, Wolf Blitzer said, "Let's go to asswizard5 on Facebook to see what he thinks about healthcare reform." #newyorktimes
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Some possible alternatives to douchebag: bidetbrush, goiterlicker, fungusnugget, smegma pirate, anal cyst (particularly fond of that one), sackwart, fucklord (did not come up with that one), cockblister and pube scab. #newyorktimes
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    Image of MyrtleWilloughby MyrtleWilloughby
    11/14/09

    @RandomLunatic:

    How about cob nobbler, lamestain or tom-tom club?

    Ahh, the old days, swingin' on the flippity-flop. #newyorktimes
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/14/09

    @MyrtleWilloughby: Oooohhh - lamestain especially has a ring to it. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    11/14/09

    I'm totally bound-and-hagged by the rain tonight. #newyorktimes
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    Image of MyrtleWilloughby MyrtleWilloughby
    11/14/09

    @RandomLunatic: Doesn't it? And we have the Gray Lady circa 1992 ( not to mention Megan Jasper and Thomas Frank) to thank for it.

    [en.wikipedia.org]

    [books.google.com] #newyorktimes
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    Image of MyrtleWilloughby MyrtleWilloughby
    11/14/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Harsh realm, dude. I didn't even notice the rain as I'm currently a big bag of bloatation. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum
    11/14/09

    @RandomLunatic: assface, twatwaffle, mingebiscuits! #newyorktimes
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/14/09

    @Lorem Ipsum: Assface - classic; twatwaffle is eternal; mingebiscuits is AWESOME, but would it really catch on in the US? Marketing these things is important, you know. #newyorktimes
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    How about using c--t instead? In the British sense, of course. It has such a charming Etonian sheen on it. (I use the hyphens because so many ladies of my acquaintance think the use of the word in the American sense is as awful as puppy killing, and I suppose it is. So I censored myself, admittedly in a silly way.) #newyorktimes
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    Image of princesslala princesslala
    11/14/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I warned a British colleague here on business to maybe shelve this word in meetings as it is considered so offensive here and she said "Really? At home even babies say it."
    I laughed and do not find it offensive. I also am still currently staying with douche and all my derrivatives because it perfectly describes what I need to say.Often, actually. #newyorktimes
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    It's somewhat offensive to women because it suggests what is part of us is inherently dirty and disgusting.

    That said, I'm a lover of filthy language, and cuss like a sailor on shore leave. Perhaps we could come up with a intergender substitute? Enema bag, perchance?

    Say it. Let it roll off your tongue, you disgusting motherfucking enema bags.

    It has a certain something, no? #newyorktimes
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    Image of MyrtleWilloughby MyrtleWilloughby
    11/14/09

    @NewsBunny: I always thought the zing was in calling the offender a floppy bag of water. (And with a low pH even!)

    A common Romanian phrase mocks the aimless soul who meanders "like a fart in a bucket of water". So I suppose one could use fart-bucket with continental finesse. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Maryscary Maryscary
    11/14/09

    @NewsBunny: Douche works better, because not only is it easier to say, but it's funnier because it sounds pretty, like a fancy French wine or a lipstick color, rather than a term you reserve for people like Rush Limbaugh.

    I don't find it offensive -- but only because there are a lot of male anatomy curses. Like Rush Limbaugh is a Dick, Rush Limbaugh is a Wanker, Rush Limbaugh is a Motherfucker (that one could arguably be used for both sexes but it's most often applied to a guy), and any type of variation of cock+adjective (my fav is cocksmoker...Rush Limbaugh is a cocksmoker). Rush Limbaugh is an enema bag? Hmmmm, let me try it out for a week. #newyorktimes
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    11/14/09

    @Maryscary: Cocksmoker? I LIKE that!

    I'm going to heart you. #newyorktimes
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/14/09

    @MyrtleWilloughby: "Like a fart in a bucket of water"?! Ce mama dracu’ "frazã comunã" este asta? N-am auzit niciodatã.. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/14/09

    @MyrtleWilloughby:

    Let us not forget: "farting into silk" #newyorktimes
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/14/09

    @NewsBunny: Balls? #newyorktimes
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    Image of hortense hortense
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I'm telling you, "dipshit" is where it's at. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/14/09

    @hortense: Hell yeah, I love "dipshit." That's very T2: Judgement Day of you.

    It speaks to me as someone who is out of their depth, who the general consensus from those housed at said depth have decided is continuing to make a tremendous embarrassment of themselves. Dipshit! It works. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Yeah but I think the simple "dbag" still has legs. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Maura Johnston Maura Johnston
    11/14/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Yeah, it has a nice long-short vowel combination.

    Also I co-sign the call to action in this post, although the ever-despondent side of me thinks that there are probably preliminary battles that need to be won first. #newyorktimes
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    And they act like the problem with print is that it can't keep up with live news on television and the interwebs. When in fact it's just that their stories are from two years ago.

    I would like to say that banning douche is too extreme. It's become an effective shorthand phrase that really pinpoints a certain type of people. The problem is people who thing just using the word "douche" is a hilarious witty joke in of itself. #newyorktimes
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