A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself. The word comes from the French language, in which its principal meaning is a shower (it is thus a notorious false friend encountered by non-native speakers of English; the phrase for vaginal douching is douche vaginale, meaning vaginal shower).
The word can refer to the rinsing of any body cavity but usually applies to vaginal irrigation, rinsing of the vagina. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching: a bag for holding the water or fluid used in douching (the term douche bag can also be used as an insult; see below for slang uses). To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag must not be used for a vaginal douche and an enema.
Slang uses
Douche bag, or simply douche, is considered to be a pejorative term in Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The slang usage of the term dates back to the 1960s. The metaphor of identifying a person as a douche is intended to associate a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and malice. Douche nozzle is a more recent pejorative which is roughly similar to Douche bag.
A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself. The word comes from the French language, in which its principal meaning is a shower (it is thus a notorious false friend encountered by non-native speakers of English; the phrase for vaginal douching is douche vaginale, meaning vaginal shower).
The word can refer to the rinsing of any body cavity but usually applies to vaginal irrigation, rinsing of the vagina. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching: a bag for holding the water or fluid used in douching (the term douche bag can also be used as an insult; see below for slang uses). To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag must not be used for a vaginal douche and an enema.
Slang uses
Douche bag, or simply douche, is considered to be a pejorative term in Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The slang usage of the term dates back to the 1960s. The metaphor of identifying a person as a douche is intended to associate a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and malice. Douche nozzle is a more recent pejorative which is roughly similar to Douche bag.
Thanks Web..... Next time I get angry I'll call you a "douche nozzle"....
Darlene, you're so funny! I have a very clear memory of when I learned what that term meant. There was this long haired scrawny kid (read: hot!) in our neighborhood, whose name was Terry (Even better - he had a good girlie name), and he and another kid jad called someone a dbag. I clearly remember sitting on the back porch during this exchange, and then asking my mother what it meant, much like you are today. Of course - I was like TEN!
-- Edited by Lady Strange at 08:44, 2008-06-03
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I remember that term getting used A LOT back in high school but I rarely hear it any more . . . but then again most of the people I talk to now are of a different maturity level than what we were in high school.
I remember that term getting used A LOT back in high school but I rarely hear it any more . . . but then again most of the people I talk to now are of a different maturity level than what we were in high school.
The cops use it a lot to describe, um well...... other people. Funny that's the term they use.
I remember that term getting used A LOT back in high school but I rarely hear it any more . . . but then again most of the people I talk to now are of a different maturity level than what we were in high school.
The cops use it a lot to describe, um well...... other people. Funny that's the term they use.
Well, you'll just have to tell them that Web says they haven't reached a post-highschool level of maturity yet. (Then give them Web's personal information so's they know where to find him!)
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I cannot even post what my husband sez. Sometimes he just makes something crude up. He kinda has some road rage. He doesn't like when I ask exactly what "something" is- lol
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I remember that term getting used A LOT back in high school but I rarely hear it any more . . . but then again most of the people I talk to now are of a different maturity level than what we were in high school.
25 years later it is still used A LOT by high school boys...
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My hubby doesn't have road rage (I do), but he has Halo rage. When they play online I guess he says b*stard a lot (I don't like the game and will go fold SOCKS to get away). I only found this out because my daughter was playing with the headset on and she yelled at her cousin "Trevor, you b*stard!" I about died from shock. My husband about died from a baseball bat when I found out where she heard it from and thought it was a perfectly acceptable thing to call someone when they killed you. Oy.
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What?
Next time I get angry I'll call you a "douche nozzle"....
I've heard it 3 times already today.... must be a New England thing. 
