English

Alternative forms

• douchebag

Noun

douche bag ‎(plural douche bags)

1. A bag for holding water or fluid (as used, for example, in vaginal douching).

   • 1883 March 24, Robert F. Weir, “Hydrarthrosis of Knee Joint Treated by Carbolic Injection”, in The Medical Gazette, page 138:

     An ordinary rubber douche bag was filled with a one in twenty solution of carbolic acid

2. (idiomatic, vulgar, pejorative) A worthless person.

   • 1950, Louis Falstein, Face of a Hero, New York: Harcourt, page 38:

     Oh, that fukken Wiener Douche-bag sonofabitch!

   • 1954, Ralph J. Barra, Brief for appellant, Carlo Mendola (People v. Miele and Mendola, New York Court of Appeals), New York: New York Court of Appeals, page 3:

     She noticed both defendants at the bar ... and while singing one or the other defendant addressed indecent remarks to her between 11 and 12 o'clock, calling her a "douche bag" ... and calling out, "How about getting laid"

   • 1995, Quentin Tarantino, True Romance, New York: Grove Press, ISBN 0802136869, page 52:

     How the **** did you get hooked up with a douche-bag like this in the first place?

3. (idiomatic, vulgar, pejorative) An annoying person; someone blatantly inconsiderate of others.

Synonyms

• (annoying, inconsiderate person): see also Wikisaurus:jerk.

Related terms

• douche