This controversial term dates back to Richard Brome's 1588 comedy 'the Court of Malcontents'
In Act I Scene II, the following takes place:
Don Benedicto: Aha! and from whence hast this bough sprung?
Don Matheus: From the douche, no doubt!
Don Benedicto: The douche. The douche. Ye Gods man!
Tell me from whence hast the douche come ye can
Don Matheus: The douche is borne from yonder douche-bag.
Don Benedicto: Your humour does not humour me, sir. Begone or taste my steel.
Don Matheus: Thou steel be brittle, sir.
This pun is lost on most modern audiences, but in the play leads to Don Matheus and Don Benedicto fighting a duel (during the Edwardian period the word 'steel' would be pronounced very similarly to the word 'still', which then was used to refer to the way in which a mother holds her child. Don Matheus is implying that Don Benedicto's mother was incompetant. Indeed, he even goes as far as to suggest that Don Benedicto was dropped on his head at an early age, insulting both Don Benedicto's honour and intelligence).
'Douche' was a form of the old english word 'Douaché' meaning 'I sow'. It came to mean the seeds which farmers used to grow orchards (often apple orchards particularly). A douche-bag was a sack slung over one shoulder used to carry the 'douche' during sowing.
After this play, douche-bag eventually came to be associated with simpletons or fools (as it is the 'final straw' as it were of Don Matheus' ridicule which causes Don Benedicto to initiate a duel, which he eventually flees from - losing all face and honour as a gentleman).
This Elizabethan insult has in recent years resurfaced, particularly in the Americas, and has rapidly spread across the rest of the world thanks to recent innovations in communication technology.
In Act I Scene II, the following takes place:
Don Benedicto: Aha! and from whence hast this bough sprung?
Don Matheus: From the douche, no doubt!
Don Benedicto: The douche. The douche. Ye Gods man!
Tell me from whence hast the douche come ye can
Don Matheus: The douche is borne from yonder douche-bag.
Don Benedicto: Your humour does not humour me, sir. Begone or taste my steel.
Don Matheus: Thou steel be brittle, sir.
This pun is lost on most modern audiences, but in the play leads to Don Matheus and Don Benedicto fighting a duel (during the Edwardian period the word 'steel' would be pronounced very similarly to the word 'still', which then was used to refer to the way in which a mother holds her child. Don Matheus is implying that Don Benedicto's mother was incompetant. Indeed, he even goes as far as to suggest that Don Benedicto was dropped on his head at an early age, insulting both Don Benedicto's honour and intelligence).
'Douche' was a form of the old english word 'Douaché' meaning 'I sow'. It came to mean the seeds which farmers used to grow orchards (often apple orchards particularly). A douche-bag was a sack slung over one shoulder used to carry the 'douche' during sowing.
After this play, douche-bag eventually came to be associated with simpletons or fools (as it is the 'final straw' as it were of Don Matheus' ridicule which causes Don Benedicto to initiate a duel, which he eventually flees from - losing all face and honour as a gentleman).
This Elizabethan insult has in recent years resurfaced, particularly in the Americas, and has rapidly spread across the rest of the world thanks to recent innovations in communication technology.
by Professor Aston April 17, 2007
1. A person (usually a male) who thinks they are alot cooler than they really are.
2. They have no concept of reality and are very self-centered.
3. You just can't stand looking at them and ususally whatever comes out of their mouth is idiotic and just doesn't make sense.
4. They just don't get it whether it be their personality and/or fashion/style.
2. They have no concept of reality and are very self-centered.
3. You just can't stand looking at them and ususally whatever comes out of their mouth is idiotic and just doesn't make sense.
4. They just don't get it whether it be their personality and/or fashion/style.
Spencer on the MTV show the Hills!
Girl 1: I just hate the way Spencer looks with that grin and silly goatee.
Girl 2: Ya not to mention the stuff that comes out of his mouth. Ughh...what a douche bag!
Girl 1: I just hate the way Spencer looks with that grin and silly goatee.
Girl 2: Ya not to mention the stuff that comes out of his mouth. Ughh...what a douche bag!
by Brent P March 25, 2008
1) a used condom
2) a really annoying retard
3) someone who comes to a club usually wearing a wife beater, baggy jeans and sunglasses, even though its pitch black.
4) a vaginal cleaner
2) a really annoying retard
3) someone who comes to a club usually wearing a wife beater, baggy jeans and sunglasses, even though its pitch black.
4) a vaginal cleaner
1) that dude left his douche bag on the couch!! GROSS
2) fuck get that douche bag out of here he's such a retard!
3) here come he douche bags again. ohh fuck look what there wearing, thats no surprise, lets go beat the shit outta them!
4) i gotta use my douche bag really quick hold on
2) fuck get that douche bag out of here he's such a retard!
3) here come he douche bags again. ohh fuck look what there wearing, thats no surprise, lets go beat the shit outta them!
4) i gotta use my douche bag really quick hold on
by im da boss1030 January 3, 2010
A person who thinks there badass but actually in real life no one likes them. In fact, people talk about them when they're not there, and try their best to stay away from them. They are the type of people who say the most stupid things, which they think are cool. They think they are the shit, but in reality they are douche bags
by Cool guy9534343 December 30, 2009
Douche Bags are people who are very disrespectful and somehow manage to think they are "it" when in actuality they are not. They are the bottom of the social chain with their low grooming standards and inconsiderate attitudes and yet they think that they are the upper crust of society walking around with an undeserved sense of accomplishment. Douche Bag is a great term for anyone who is arrogant. The amount of success for a person does not matter one way or another as long as that person is considerate of other people and not so ignorant.
Douche Bag: I am so much cooler than those people who work at Starbucks with my construction job. I decided I want to grow out my goatee another foot while I get 50 more piercings while I spend 500 more dollars to tatoo my entire back. I'm going to go back to my trailer and add another beer bottle to my 300 other ones on the counter. Yeah I'm better than you college students! You're worthless! I'm bad ass!
by WorkswithDouchebags July 11, 2008
A person who continuously argues with everyone around him, regardless of the validity of his opinions, simply for the sake of being difficult to deal with.
Man, every time I would say something, Scott Cooper would argue with me, even though he was always wrong. What a total douche-bag.
by coopersavirgin November 28, 2009
1.a pompous fucktard who fronts an undeserved sense of accomplishment.
2.a device used to clean your cooch
3.one who wears a polo shirt of any color(especially with the collar popped up)
4.k-fed
5.jennifer Grandholm(governor of Michigan)
2.a device used to clean your cooch
3.one who wears a polo shirt of any color(especially with the collar popped up)
4.k-fed
5.jennifer Grandholm(governor of Michigan)
david lee roth is such a boring douche bag. someone should sodomize him til he realizes he is a fudge reaming gooback.
by bastardly fucktard March 23, 2008