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    11/15/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    This is totally a white thing, right? #newyorktimes
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    11/17/09

    @afterabe: Mostly white, but yes. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I think Americans are just suckers for the words with roots in French. Despite all the years of protestations they keep returning to them.

    A true patriot would say freedom irrigator. #newyorktimes
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    11/15/09

    @Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: #newyorktimes
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    11/15/09

    @VioletViolet: Which is funny because, if you think about it, the "worst" curse words sound more Germanic. #newyorktimes
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    11/14/09

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

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

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    On this site full of editorial types, can we agree that in the United States we spell it "gray"? #newyorktimes
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    snugbug promoted this comment quotidian was starred quotidian was unstarred
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    11/14/09

    @quotidian: True, except in "greyhound." The British "grey" is classier though.. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    "Oh Tom? He's a douche." Something about the way it rolls off the tongue conveys a certain finality, a dismissive disregard.

    "Tom is a fucker!" sounds angry and maybe a little unhinged. "Tom is a douche" sounds like you're completely over Tom and wish him nothing but the best, but, well...he's kind of a douche.

    I don't actually know anyone named Tom, by the way. #newyorktimes
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    11/15/09

    @deepey: I do. And he's a douche. #newyorktimes
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    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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    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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    11/14/09

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

    @Sergio Hernandez:

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

    @burbere002: And a master debater. #newyorktimes
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    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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    11/14/09

    @Anthony De Rosa: Your douchenozzle was glorious. #newyorktimes
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    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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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I still think the NY Times article on "vajajay" was worse, although at least it wasn't on the front page. Still, when you're asking Gloria Steinem for her opinion on a term that's use was mostly limited to The Soup, you're in trouble.

    [www.nytimes.com]
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    Foster Kamer promoted this comment Edited by VioletViolet at 11/14/09 3:04 PM VioletViolet was starred VioletViolet was unstarred
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    11/14/09

    @VioletViolet: Well done. Reload the article and read the bottom. This is a star-worthy insight. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    @Foster Kamer: Nice. #newyorktimes
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    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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    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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    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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    11/14/09

    @RandomLunatic: assface, twatwaffle, mingebiscuits! #newyorktimes
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    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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