# What makes a douchebag? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735 "2009-10-14T02:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/61 "2009-12-29T16:21:57Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Kinda related, in German the word _douche_ means _to shower_. > > I wonder what the equivalent of a German Douchebag would be. Close, aber kein Zigarre. Douche is French, Dusche is the German word derived from it. Both do mean shower, and just that. AFAIK, we French haven’t yet coined a word for douchebags. We must think it would be redundant, when “parisian” already exists 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/62 "2009-12-29T17:16:09Z")
Sorry if it’s been posted already… [![](https://ithinkimdying.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/douchebag.gif) ](https://ithinkimdying.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/douchebag.gif) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/63 "2009-12-29T17:52:31Z")
Well, according to this article on Gawker, Joe Francis is douchebag of the decade. I won’t argue. > **[Joe Francis: Gawker's Douche of the Decade](https://www.gawker.com/5432310/joe-francis-gawkers-douche-of-the-decade)** > > With, let's say, 140% of the vote reporting, we are deeply ashamed to announce that Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is Gawker's Douche of the Decade. ---
**Author:** ![BKReporter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/64 "2009-12-30T02:30:20Z")
That’s it. Joe Francis wins this thread. If ever there was someone who embodied all the worst traits and stereotypes associated with being a douchebag it would be “Mr. Girls Gone Wild” himself. To give you a picture of his sheer, unapologetic douchebaggery check out this LA Times story from a few years back where he literally assaulted the reporter assigned to cover him and then accused her of having a thing for him: > **['Baby, Give Me a Kiss'](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-06-tm-gonewild32-story.html)** > > The man behind the 'Girls Gone Wild' soft-porn empire lets Claire Hoffman into his world, for better or worse ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/65 "2010-01-01T06:10:38Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Garfunkel and Oates hit all the highpoints [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDCPK4MiolQ) That’s effing brilliant. Insta-favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/66 "2010-01-01T06:22:20Z")
> **[Discrimination Against Douchebags Continues](https://jezebel.com/discrimination-against-douchebags-continues-5404046)** > > An Australian club night has banned "metrosexuals" in an attempt to reduce fighting. But a look at the dress code — no Ed Hardy shirts, no popped collars — suggests they're actually banning douchebags. \[News.com.au\] ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735/67 "2010-01-01T13:58:58Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Close, aber kein Zigarre. Douche is French, Dusche is the German word derived from it. Both do mean shower, and just that. AFAIK, we French haven’t yet coined a word for douchebags. We must think it would be redundant, when “parisian” already exists 😉 You are correct. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-douchebag/513735.md?page=3)