It Means WHAT??
I am aghast. I just found out what a douchebag is and it’s absolutely not what I thought it was.
For those of you as naive as I, you may find out what a douchbag is by clicking here. If you wish to remain unfettered with such knowledge, I advise you step away from your mouse right this minute.
My friend Giles informs me this is Kelly Osbourne’s favourite word. This explains a lot. I caught her on a kids’ TV programme many moons ago calling someone a douchebag. The giggly presenter asked her to explain what a douchebag was, to which she replied it was a waterproof receptacle for carrying with you into a shower. Ah ha! A washbag then. Perfectly plausible.
It is actually nothing of the sort. I’m sure many of you already know this.
I’m genuinely shocked that such items exist. I mean, I think bidets are unnecessary. Getting to grips with what a douchebag can do leaves me doused in disbelief.
I feel sullied.
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So sorry you had to be so mortified at the language barrier.
I’m always fascinated by what becomes slang. Taken literally, wouldn’t she be calling someone an instrument of…er…personal cleansing? That almost sounds like a zen or new age compliment.
And I always have to remind myself that when an English speaker wants to ‘knock me up’ sometime, it’s a perfectly normal thing that I could tell my mother about. If an American said that, I’d have reason to slap them.
By Jennifer on 13.02.08 4:42 pm
Yes indeed, ‘knock me up’ as in ‘make me pregnant’. Snigger.
Also ‘I fell on my fanny’ would seem perfectly normal to many Americans, as you are merely telling everyone you fell on your bottom. All above board.
Meanwhile us Brits would be sat around going, ‘Oh my God, you fell specifically on your vagina?’
God bless the power of interpretation.
By Ladyshambles on 13.02.08 5:16 pm
I had this exact conversation with my girlfriend two days ago. I thought it was a washbag, too. It’s not. Makes me glad to be a man. Very difficult to douche a pee-hole, I’d imagine.
By Stu on 14.02.08 6:55 am
I am bloody glad it’s not just me that made the washbag assumption.
And yes, douching wee-holes is eye-watering I should imagine. Goodness, I’m not even a man and I feel tearful at the thought.
By Ladyshambles on 14.02.08 10:28 am
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