PSA: The word douche

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Perknose

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Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
it means shower in german...

French.

Yeah, if it were German it would be hetzenfunferzechsengriebenachtunschteinderhausenunf you uberdouche.

Actually, it IS also in German, just spelled a bit differently: "dusche", iirc


 

Deeko

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
it means shower in german...

French.

Yeah, if it were German it would be hetzenfunferzechsengriebenachtunschteinderhausenunf you uberdouche.

Actually, it IS also in German, just spelled a bit differently: "dusche", iirc

Du sollst duschen. Du bist schmuzig.
 

mrSHEiK124

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Wow, I really should have payed attention to what this thread spiraled into :laugh:

FWIW, "dush," pronounced more like dosh with an emphasis on the sh, also means shower in slang Arabic. Lebanese people pronounce it like the French word.
 

KLin

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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Wow, I really should have payed attention to what this thread spiraled into :laugh:

FWIW, "dush," pronounced more like dosh with an emphasis on the sh, also means shower in slang Arabic. Lebanese people pronounce it like the French word.

Thanks for that bit of information your royal doucheness.
 

alkemyst

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Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Douchebag as an insult? OK, somewhat understandable. Douche? That works too. Douchebasket? Uh, what? Douchecannon. WTF? Douchebiscuit! SERIOUSLY STOP.

This has gotten out of hand. I'm sick of hearing the word douche. The lulz and anger invoked by the word have been diluted to the point that it's just annoying now. Stop.

I fear that gems like toolbox are heading down the same road too :(

it's the only bad word these kiddies are allowed to use at home.

Personally I think it's ironically feminine for a guy to use the word at all.

 

edro

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I hadn't caught on to the douche spun words lately...
... but thanks to this thread, I now have.

I LOLed through the whole thread.

I'll even give my own: douchesicle