Jezebel declares ‘douchebag’ “totally over”:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a word that shows up in a Times trend piece must be in want of a replacement
Can we also universally declare the opening line of Pride and Prejudice worn out and off-limits, and give it back to Jane?
I’ve never liked the ‘douche[bag]’-as-insult trend. Too many years of hearing Johnny Backslap types cast other guys as douche[bag]s while—I think, from the way they relished the syllables—happily reminding everyone within hearing that they knew all about vaginas and how to care for them.
Also, ever since 2004, I can’t hear the word without hearing the Triumph the Comic Insult Dog’s characterization of John Kerry.
