Re: Words, Words, Words

On 12/07/2012 17:46, Ellen Rawson wrote:
> --- On Thu, 7/12/12, Deb Counts-Tabor <just.deb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Something I read recently, which is only tangential: douche or douchebag is the perfect insult, because it's something useless and toxic which shouldn't be allowed near genitalia.
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> That's a bit of an Americanism over here; the teens don't tend to use it. They know what it means due to American media, though.

"douching" is something that didn't really catch on with British women
in the same way.

>
> I was looking at a British/American English slang dictionary that basically says 'tosser' is an equivalent for 'douchebag', but it doesn't seem quite as strong.

"tosser" is basically another way of saying "wanker" - which is much
worse in the UK than Americans seem to think it is.

On the other hand "twat" is usually quite mild here - considered to be a
cross between "twit" and "pratt". Also in Orkney it's a place name and
family name. (Twatt).

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Jette Goldie
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