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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    07:30 AM

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    They used "assclown" on CSI last night. I don't know why that should be weird, but it really was.
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    Hang on, but I thought 'jumped the shark' had jumped the shark! Is it cool again now? For that matter, is 'cool' still cool, or has that become 'uncool'? I can't keep up!
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I'm someone who appreciates classic cussing.

    Is 'motherfucker' no longer good enough for anyone?
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    You're entitled to your opinion, however some of your argument is predicated on a notion of language being static. This is not based in reality, words change meaning and the new meaning becomes every bit as valid as the original, even moreso if the original association loses meaning through disuse.

    How many people use the term SPAM but have never eaten spiced ham from a can? How often is are the terms "moron" or "idiot" used without regard to the original DSM use? Hell, what about "asshole" or "dickhead"?
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I enjoy "bag of dicks". Or "dickmunch" but I feel that one's not too gay-friendly.
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    12/10/09

    @Hiroine Protagonist: dickbag? I use it a lot. "Bag of dicks" for more formal occasions.
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    12/10/09

    @bumbleleaf: As in - suck a bag of dicks, or that guys acts like a bag of dicks. Really no idea what that means, quite frankly, but I like it.
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    Image of angelheadedhipster angelheadedhipster
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I like to use it thusly: "He works in douchebaggery the way others paint with watercolors and acrylics."

    Slightly more seriously: When you get to the point where (purportedly by them, except yeah, right, on what planet?) straight mag Details is casually calling random gay men "doucheFAGS" it may be time to put the brakes on a trend.
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    Image of Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I'm sick of douche, too. I want to bring back rapscallion.
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    Image of rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
    12/10/09

    @Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: reprobate is my vote.
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    Image of Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole
    12/10/09

    @rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Reprobate has a nice ring to it, Knave is nice and snappy.
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    Image of MIXED MIXED
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I find that lately, since it IS so overused, the term "douchebag" is no longer sufficiently expressing just how...well, douchey, a guy is being. I've had to turn to stronger sounding words, like fucktard, shitface, etc. It's desensitized us all!
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I think it will die out on it's own as I heard a DJ of an adult alternative station call someone a D-bag on air the other day.
    However, I don't like being told I can't use a certain word anymore because it isn't cool. I don't use or disuse words because they are cool or uncool. I use them because I like them.
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    12/10/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Caring about what's 'cool' is the definition of 'uncool'.
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    Image of cand86 cand86
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I've always liked it, though, because it's got more punch than "jerk", and yet it saves me from having to use language my friends consider swearwords, like 'bastard', 'son of a bitch', 'asshole', 'prick', 'dick', and so on.

    Although it would be nice if we remembered what our pejorative terms actually meant. It reminds me of that scene in "Blast From The Past", where Alicia Silverstone's character uses the term "dickhead" to Brendan Fraser's naive, 1950's bomb-sheltered character, and he literally stops in his tracks, so shocked is he by the mental image of a walking, talking guy with a dick for a head. :D
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I always appreciate the calls for more evolved pejoratives this kind of (astute, very fair) argument merits. I've personally taken to the double-z spelling of "asswizzard" (original 'asswizard' spelling ©Emily Gould: [gawker.com]) myself:

    [gawker.com]
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    12/10/09

    @Foster Kamer: Ass wizard just sounds like someone that's really good at sexually pleasing asses to me. Then again, I suppose not everyone calls their good-in-the-sack exes vagina sorcerers.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    Can I still listen to This Party has Taken a Turn for the Douche? Because that's my jam.
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    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/10/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: For the douche, for the douche, for the motherfucking-douche.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    12/10/09

    @cate3710: It was a perfect party and now it is a lot of Ed Hardy.
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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I feel using the word douche is an homage to my former home, NYC.
    I don't think of it as a word used by the masses but a word used by a VERY New York guy with a VERY New York accent, you can't take that away from them.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    "Maybe in the new decade we should turn our attention to a less ludicrous but more insidious figure, the guy who acts sensitive and evolved as a way of concealing deep-seated misogyny or misanthropy."

    Touch my heart. With your foot.
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    Image of I_can_still_pitch I_can_still_pitch
    12/10/09

    @Nic Fit: Ah, the dreaded "Feminot"
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    Image of I_can_still_pitch I_can_still_pitch
    12/10/09

    In reply to 4 Reasons The Douchebag Has Jumped The Shark
    I say we bring back "dickweed." I am a big fan of the classics.
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