douchebag

See also: douche bag

English

Common type of douchebag.

Alternative forms

• douche bag

Etymology

From douche +‎ bag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːʃˌbæɡ/

• Audio (Australian):

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Noun

douchebag (plural douchebags)

2. (literally, medicine, gynaecology) A sterile container for holding fluid used in a vaginal douche.
4. (figuratively, Canada, US, slang, vulgar, derogatory)
   1. A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.

      Synonyms: douche; see also Thesaurus:jerk

      Near-synonym: dirtbag

      That douchebag ruined my shrimp cocktail.

      Why doesn't that guy get a job? He’s a regular douchebag.

      It's fine to help your friends eat healthy, but don't be a douchebag and harass them about it.

   2. Any social misfit: a doofus, dork, nerd, or loser.

      Synonyms: zero; see also Thesaurus:worthless person

      Near-synonym: dirtbag

      That pocket protector makes you look like a douchebag.

Derived terms

• D-bag
• Deutschbag
• douchebaggery
• douchebagism
• Douchebagistan
• douchebagness
• douchebro
• douchehole
• douchetuber
• Schrödinger's douchebag

Translations

container for a douche

• Catalan: clister m, irrigador m, lavativa f

slang: jerk, idiot

• Catalan: cretí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻瓜 (zh) (shǎguā), 蠢人 (zh) (chǔnrén), 笨蛋 (zh) (bèndàn)

• Czech: kokot (cs) m, debil (cs) m, kretén (cs) m
• Danish: stodder (da) m
• Dutch: lul (nl) m, eikel (nl) m, klootzak (nl), (archaic) vlegel (nl) m, idioot (nl) m, debiel (nl) m
• Esperanto: aĉulo (eo)
• Finnish: dorka (fi)
• French: connard (fr) m, enfoiré (fr) m, couille molle (fr) f, crétin (fr), con (fr), débile (fr)
• German: Idiot (de) m, Arschloch (de) n, Scheißkerl (de) m, Widerling m, Penner (de) m
• Hebrew: מניאק m (mányak)
• Hungarian: genyó (hu), szenya
• Italian: stronzo (it), sciocco (it)
• Portuguese: cretino (pt) m, cuzão (pt) m
• Romanian: idiot (ro) m, imbecil (ro) m, cretin (ro) m, nemernic (ro) m, ticălos (ro) m
• Russian: муда́к (ru) m (mudák)
• Spanish: huevón (es) m, gilipollas (es) m, cretino (es) m, pendejo (es) m, idiota (es) m or f, conchasumadre m or f, patán (es) m, drope m (colloquial, p. us.)
• Swedish: skitstövel (sv) c, kräk (sv) n, knöl (sv) c