Definitions

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  • noun slang Blatant stupidity, ignorance, or insolence.

Etymologies

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douchebag +‎ -ery

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Examples

  • I most vehemently concur with Tootat, such douchebaggery is of unprecedented levels.

    Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010

  • It turns out though, that the ratio of douchebaggery to non-douchebaggery is pretty unrelated to your religious views.

    School Shootings as Proof of God 2007

  • Andrew’s (#14) douchebaggery is compounded by the fact that he doesn’t have the right historical comparison. it’s not a couple of western imperial states that are playing the “Great Game” in southern Asia. it’s a bunch of SOUTHERN ASIAN STATES that are jockeying for influence. the ability of western powers to dictate terms in that game is waning fast, and will eventually be negligible.

    Matthew Yglesias » The View From Pakistan 2009

  • Besides, that kind of blame might well discontinue that "douchebaggery" category for good, and we know how much we want THAT to happen, now, don't we?

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Sounds to me like must-see-douchebaggery, which is why Doug Ellin gets our greenlight as today’s Daily Douche!

    THE DAILY DOUCHE: Hug THIS Out, Bitch | Best Week Ever 2006

  • Just curious about one of the comments: Did you first encounter that word "douchebaggery" on the comedy website "Hot Chicks with Douchebags"?

    BlueOregon 2008

  • I'm amused, but also left feeling the same vaguely irked "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" sentiment that I get watching a mindless sausage-baster like "entitled douchebaggery + vapid disco shitbeats + the unbidden, deeply personal olfactory memory of being accosted with the stench of other people's McDonald's = INSTINCTIVE WRATH.

    Warren Ellis 2010

  • No one should have to live with Hepatitis C and that kind of douchebaggery in today’s modern age.

    Tommy Lee Blogs About Fight With Kid Rock; Exhausts Self, Entire Vocabulary | Best Week Ever 2007

  • There's good-natured ribbing, like what Ben did, and then there's unadalturated douchebaggery, like you manage to provide time and time again.

    Watch Out- Fairfax Republicans Learn "New Media" 2009

  • It's become the outdoors bastion of crybaby liberal douchebaggery.

    CANCEL your subscription to Field & Stream! 2009

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  • One of the greatest online crimes against the English language is the introduction of supposedly whimsical "-ery" suffixes, appended to different blog cliches. Etymology: Misguided Monty Python instincts.

    December 31, 2006

  • Oh, but sometimes blogular neologisms can be priceless. My favorite is "empowerful," taken from this radical feminist site:

    http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/08/26/sports-and-corsetry/

    March 26, 2007

  • I adore this word. It's right up there with asshattery.

    July 10, 2008

  • Hmmm.

    July 10, 2008

  • Like dickishness.

    July 10, 2008