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@Sasha Ding Doong: Agreed. By all counts Edwards should have been publicly executed for his actions but received nothing more than a media handslap. #lindsaylohan

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MyrtleWilloughby
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

The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"

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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Maryscary
11/14/09

@VioletViolet: I know the newspaper business is falling apart, but, articles about bad words? Will they cover "cocksucker" and "fucktard" next? #newyorktimes

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Phyllis Nefler
11/14/09

I'm totally bound-and-hagged by the rain tonight. #newyorktimes

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MyrtleWilloughby
11/14/09

@lil red: UBG seems to be partnering with UAE investors in some big Malaysian oil ventures. I'll bet my diamond studded cowboy boots that it's oil money.

[www.reuters.com] #jholow

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Anthony De Rosa
11/14/09

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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Novaload
11/14/09

@piccola: Bingo. But go with your hater side on this one. He's not worth any brain cells. #levijohnston

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Banjo-Sea Kitten
11/14/09

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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Foster Kamer
11/14/09

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

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RandomLunatic
11/14/09

@MyrtleWilloughby: Oooohhh - lamestain especially has a ring to it. #newyorktimes

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Sasha Ding Doong
11/14/09

@BigAppleRich: Sure, I have no doubt that Fox News would be all over that. But Fox News is just one channel with a conservative bias over a massive number of network and cable TV, media outlets, who surely you'd admit have a liberal bias. And as far as Biden's family being "too Ralph Lauren ad..." well, they are certainly well-educated but one dabbled in coke, the others have their own financial misdealings. Elevated white trash, but still white trash. #lindsaylohan

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VioletViolet
11/14/09

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
11/14/09

@Phyllis Nefler: You asked for it. #lindsaylohan

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Foster Kamer
11/14/09

@hortense: Hell yeah, I love "dipshit." That's very T2: Judgement Day of you.

It speaks to me as someone who is out of their depth, who the general consensus from those housed at said depth have decided is continuing to make a tremendous embarrassment of themselves. Dipshit! It works. #newyorktimes

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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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Dorothea Bercq
11/14/09

The NYT's approach to swearing is probably even sillier than the way I used to get cheap thrills by looking up naughty words in the Oxford English Dictionary. At least I didn't pretend to be up-to-date (or a Newspaper of Record, for that matter). #newyorktimes

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RandomLunatic
11/14/09

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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NigelAstydameia
11/14/09

Of course PETA would then track down those homeless and douse them with red paint excaliming that being poor is no excuse for killing animals, either.

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MyrtleWilloughby
11/14/09

@NewsBunny: I always thought the zing was in calling the offender a floppy bag of water. (And with a low pH even!)

A common Romanian phrase mocks the aimless soul who meanders "like a fart in a bucket of water". So I suppose one could use fart-bucket with continental finesse. #newyorktimes

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TheBusinessGuy
11/14/09

@Halo_Override: You are braver than I am. #newyorktimes

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MyrtleWilloughby
11/14/09

As the great Lord Salsbury once said, "Give me a Sandwich and a Douchebag, and there is nothing I cannot do!" #newyorktimes

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Guggenheimlich
11/14/09

Seriously, at least "hipster" is totally meaningless because hipsters are totally meaningless. "Douchebag" doesn't even have that verisimilitude. Which is another word I couldn't give you a coherent definition of. #newyorktimes

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TheBusinessGuy
11/14/09

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 ladies of my acquaintance think the use of the word in the American sense is as awful as puppy killing, and I suppose it is. So I censored myself, admittedly in a silly way.) #newyorktimes

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Halo_Override
11/14/09

Honestly, the daily "douche" deluge is the only thing that ever bothered me about Jon Stewart/Daily Show. There was never, ever a time when I craved stimulus that would encourage me to consider Robert Novak and vaginas simultaneously.

While I'm here, I'd like to add a shout-out to any and all humans striving to reclaim "cunt" from its status as the worst word in the English language. I can't imagine why I would want to draw a parallel between cunts (which I like) and people who infuriate me (who infuriate me).

See also: cocksuckers. #newyorktimes

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NewsBunny
11/14/09

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, and cuss like a sailor on shore leave. Perhaps we could come up with a intergender substitute? Enema bag, perchance?

Say it. Let it roll off your tongue, you disgusting motherfucking enema bags.

It has a certain something, no? #newyorktimes

Edited by Foster Kamer at 11/14/09 3:01 PM

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