It’s not even noon and today’s blog-douche count is already at six. Seriously folks, there are other adjectives out there. Maybe I need to buy the Internet a thesaurus.
Hey, speaking of, when you were a kid did you ever read that book about the bunch of kids who got put into the lowest reading group (which never happened to me much to the chagrin of my cousin Wendy who was a whole grade ahead of me but always behind me in reading) and then one day they stole the thesaurus from the library and got all smart? I think at one point they got bubblegum all over the thesaurus and had to put it in the freezer and then chip off the gum.
Gosh, I wish I could remember the name of that book, because then I could buy it for the Internet and they too could learn the importance of word choice. I just feel like it’s my mission to save society from over-doucheage.
you know, usually a good douching makes one feel better, cleaner and fresher. strange that it has such an adverse effect on you.
Obviously you haven’t read AC’s comments about the dangers of douching.
Not guilty! I don’t think I’ve used that word since high school. Using a thesaurus, though, I dunno. I use mine sparingly (the one that comes with Word.) Somewhere I read that writers should use the words they know and not get too fancy. That’s only one opinion, but I lean that way.
Ha, I just read something that used the word douche, http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2008/05/16/some-dating-advice/
, I automatically thought of your rant about the word.
I’ve noticed that ‘douchebaggery’ has become very popular as of late as well.
Ack! I saw that too and totally forgot to count it in the total. I just feel bad for the Internet because in like six months they’re gonna be mighty embarrassed by all the douche-ing they’ve done. Bleh.
Here’s a douchebag from Minneapolis Fucking Rocks — so sad.
As if dealing with the brat from hell wasn’t enough this weekend, my sister-in-law’s favorite word is douchebag. I thought of you every time she said it.
In the same vein as covering your ears and making loud noises:
(Disclaimer: requires some geekiness) – In Firefox, you can install greasemonkey scripts that “erases” the word douche. kind of like this
With friends like this, who needs enemas