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more about #douchebags more comments → raincoaster: Brilliant title, brilliant ruling. more » BettyCrocker: LOLsuit = sheer giggly genius. Defamashuns - ur doin it rong. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: "[A] statement that Mr. Torrosian was 'a douche' or 'douche bag' . . . is not capable of being proven false." The Honorable Judith J. Gische has spok... more » Mo MoDo: Garfunkel and Oates get it right. #newyorktimes more » EleanorRigby: I'm way more concerned with the magazine story on Megan Fox. #newyorktimes more » ms_priestypants: You simply cannot go wrong with dick. #newyorktimes more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: 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 more » snugbug: 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 effect... more » son of spam: This is like when your parents tell you they like your music. #newyorktimes more » Sergio Hernandez: 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 s... more » Anthony De Rosa: 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, i... more » Banjo-Sea Kitten: 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 r... more » RandomLunatic: Some possible alternatives to douchebag: bidetbrush, goiterlicker, fungusnugget, smegma pirate, anal cyst (particularly fond of that one), sackwart, f... more » TheBusinessGuy: 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 ladie... more » NewsBunny: 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... more » -
#lolsuits
The Reign of the Douche
A year ago, interrupty superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian filed America's Greatest Lawsuit when he sued rival flack Drew Kerr for $20 million(!) for setting up a website—RonnTorosianPR.com—with a picture of a douche ad on it. Douche sayswhat? More » -
#linguistics
The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
Where, exactly, are you supposed to start when the New York Times runs a Page One media piece on the word "douche"?
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#checkups
Here's Your Jeremy Piven Mercury Level Update
Ever since Jeremy Piven almost died from eating sushi and had his corpse turned into a thermometer by David Mamet, the world has been wondering, "How are Piven's mercury levels doing like these days?" Well, now we know. More » -
#bankers
Goldman Sachs Management to Employees: 'No More Douchebaggery!'
Maybe you heard yesterday about how things are going great over at Goldman, like $1,000,000 for each employee great? So surely there were some sick banker celebrations going down last night, right? Not if management can help it! More » -
#journalismism
Sarah Lacy Is the Interviewer Elon Musk Was Looking For
Uh oh! Silicon Valley journalist Sarah Lacy laughed when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk called a New York Times writer a "douchebag." Now the Times is in a snit and she's calling the newspaper sexist! More » -
#lawsuits
Author Free to Call Women 'Hot Chicks,' Men 'Douchebags'
A New Jersey judge has revealed the secret to calling someone a "douchebag": Make it clear you're just kidding! That's why the Honorable Menelaos Toskos cleared the author of Hot Chicks With Douchebags of defamation.
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#dating
Fashion Meets Finance, Is Bored
How was the hellish "Fashion Meets Finance" gold-diggers-meet-broken-men dating event last night? The New York Press' Matt Harvey went to find out! And apparently found an Andre Sparkling Wine commercial, circa 1998: More » -
#advertising
Will Ferrell's Banned 'D-Bag' Ad
This little ad for Will Ferrell's new one-man show about GW Bush was banned from both ABC and CBS after outraged viewers decried its profane terminology. Bunch of D's. Watch it below, for freedom: More » -
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#love
'Fashion Meets Finance' 2: Post-Apocalyptic Dating
We may have resurrect the word "Douchebag" for a day, because it's time for another "Fashion Meets Finance" Douche-Dating extravaganza! Jim Cramer will be there! And we have the entire list of attendees: More » -
#wegetemails
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 » -
#ronntorossian
Douchebag Flack Files $20 Mil Douche Suit!
Hahaha: Incompetent, litigious superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian is suing a rival for $20 million for calling him a douchebag, on the internet! Hahahaha! This is my favorite story of the holiday season: More » -
#donnydeutsch
CNBC Douchebag Steals Hedge Funder's Wife
Donny Deutsch, the recently-fired insufferable CNBC host and official Gawker Douchebag, has been photographed in an affair with another man's wife, and it's all over Page Six. More »
