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more about #douchebaghalloffame more comments → Smitros: I like toolbox as well, but one could also say Craftsman, as in the Sears tool brand with the lifetime guarantee. Other possibilities inlcude nutclust... more » BlinkyMcChuck: I double-douche-dare you to get rid of it. more » gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: I nominate "meatsleeve." To my son, the phrase "peepeediaperhead" was the most offensive thing his cousin ever called him. Nine years later, it still ... more » LilyBlue: p.s. The easiest way to 'retire' a word is to simply stop using it. Others will emulate you if they agree. more » LilyBlue: 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.... more » ian spiegelman: 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 ... more » Trixie from Toronto: "Tool" is one I have stayed true to for years. It just seems to say so much in so few letters. more » sakade: "A douchebag is a hygienic product. I take that as a compliment." more » HK_Guy: 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 ... more » SpicyMeatball: assclown more » Cheap Shot: "What a fucking DICKBOMB that guy is" "That dude is such a PONTZ" more » Weegee's bored: There are a few of us with special needs children who are getting a little touchy about overuse of the word "retard." more » Clarence Rosario: Fuck, this again? We do this, what, every year? Let it go. Douchebag works. Change we don't need. more » wholenuther: Might I introduce "Bush" in honor of the biggest douche bag of this century? What a Bush that guy was. more » unclevanya: 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'... more » -
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Farewell, Douchebag
A reader recently suggested that the time has come to retire the term douchebag. We agree. It's been a dear friend, but it's time to find a new word to describe the people we despise. More » -
