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Douche Bag / Douchebag


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Poll :: As an epithet the propper spelling is

Douche Bag
7%
 7%  [ 2 ]
Douchebag
92%
 92%  [ 24 ]
Total Votes : 26


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 12:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

When douche bag is used as an epithet I argue that it's spelling remains consistent.

An alternative perspective is that douche bag becomes a single word when used to describe an individual.

What do you think?

Is Douchebag one word or is Douche Bag two words when being used to describe a person.

Reference Material:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche#Slang_uses
http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/katie1.html (comment about spelling midway through)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/douchebag (When searching for douchebag, douche bag comes up including when used to describe a person)

Note: I might be a douche bag for making this poll. But Syd provoked it, making him an even bigger douchebag.

Syd Lexia wrote:
I disagree. Douchebag is one word. Take a poll.



 
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King
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 12:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I gotta say it's one word. Since I use it as a descriptive term, much like asshole or shithead. However I can see how one might look at it like Ass Clown, a term in 2 words.


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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 01:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Douchebag. That is the only way to spell it.


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 01:32 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Not Sure wrote:
Douchebag. That is the only way to spell it.


How does a fucking robot get this wrong?



 
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Mr. Bomberman
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 01:38 pm Reply with quote Back to top

"Douchebag" auto-wins for flowing better than "Douche Bag".

We don't always have to conform to another person's way of spelling. Just like I say Megaman and not Mega Man. It just sounds.. rough.


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Not Sure
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 01:56 pm Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
Not Sure wrote:
Douchebag. That is the only way to spell it.


How does a fucking robot get this wrong?


I'm never wrong. Ergo, the correct spelling is "douchebag"
QED


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 02:06 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Not Sure wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
Not Sure wrote:
Douchebag. That is the only way to spell it.


How does a fucking robot get this wrong?


I'm never wrong. Ergo, the correct spelling is "douchebag"
QED


QED... what a douche bag.



 
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Ghandi
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 02:34 pm Reply with quote Back to top

"Douche" is a word by itself, means something that has something to do with sex or whatever, I don't know it's exact meaning. By that logic I'd say "bag" could go at the end with a space and make sense. It just wouldn't make sense in the way we think it does. Where "douche" is describing "bag", like "yellow submarine".

As a compound word I think the meaning is there, "Douchebag".


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Rycona
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 03:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I prefer "douchebag" as a idiomatic, non-disheveled portmanteau representing a person with little empathy or even general references of being someone I don't prefer (or maybe you're a McCallister), leaving the spaced phrase "douche bag" for the literal object.


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Not Sure
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 03:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
Not Sure wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
Not Sure wrote:
Douchebag. That is the only way to spell it.


How does a fucking robot get this wrong?


I'm never wrong. Ergo, the correct spelling is "douchebag"
QED


QED... what a douche bag.


Does not compute.


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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 03:58 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Next time something like this comes up I'm gonna post the (non-)word "adleast" 800 times.

And for the record, douchebag is one word, regardless of what Firefox thinks.
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drewbocop
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 04:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ghandi wrote:
"Douche" is a word by itself, means something that has something to do with sex or whatever, I don't know it's exact meaning.


No, you definitely don't lol.


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Now that rainbows are confiscate of the Gay Empire Or Whatever©, they're suspect to foul play. People follow it expecting a pot of gold and a leprechaun, but all they find is a mannequin with a melted ass and a bloody rubber inside... and a leprechaun.

 
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Ghandi
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 04:34 pm Reply with quote Back to top

drewbocop wrote:
Ghandi wrote:
"Douche" is a word by itself, means something that has something to do with sex or whatever, I don't know it's exact meaning.


No, you definitely don't lol.


I'd google it and put the definition here, but it's more fun if people do it themselves Smile


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Teralyx
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 04:38 pm Reply with quote Back to top

VAG WASH.


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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 04:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

ThatGuy wrote:
VAG WASH.


ThatGuy, WHAT did I tell you about going through your mom's bathroom closet!?


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Rycona wrote:
Now that rainbows are confiscate of the Gay Empire Or Whatever©, they're suspect to foul play. People follow it expecting a pot of gold and a leprechaun, but all they find is a mannequin with a melted ass and a bloody rubber inside... and a leprechaun.

 
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 06:15 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Neither one is wrong.



 
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Douche McCallister
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 06:20 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Being the king of all things Douche related...I say Douchebag...So Douche has spoken, so it shall come to pass.


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Lottel
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 06:24 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Can we all agree the GP is a douche? Bag or otherwise? This Is A Joke


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UsaSatsui
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 06:32 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Quote:
Being the king of all things Douche related


Leave that one off your resume. Trust me.
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Cameron
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PostPosted: Jan 07 2009 10:15 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Douche McCallister wrote:
Being the king of all things Douche related...I say Douchebag...So Douche has spoken, so it shall come to pass.


You can't deny the king, can you?

I've actually thought about this. See, are a "douche" and a "douche bag" two different things? Does the "bag" make it a different noun than just "douche"? If not, then "douche" is basically a shortened version of "douchebag", so there's your answer.


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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 11:27 am Reply with quote Back to top

SYD WINS
FATALITY.
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Rycona
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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 01:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Douche McCallister wrote:
Being the king of all things Douche related...I say Douchebag...So Douche has spoken, so it shall come to pass.

I'd love to say "none shall pass" after this, but I agree, so I can't.


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 02:20 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
SYD WINS
FATALITY.


BURN!

Oh wait... that was a burn on me.

Fuck.



 
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