Impressions: The Douchebag
⊆ 5:51 PM by A. Liebendorfer | douche , douchebag , douchey , joe donatelli , john mayer , sandra bullock , sucky . | ˜ 4 comments »If the bluesy guitarist-turned-ladykiller John Mayer feels pressed to find a mark he's made on the world aside from his hit lament "Gravity," he need not look further than a simple Google search. The inquiry "douchebag john mayer" generates an even 50,000 hits. Many of us would never see this as a positive thing but --is blogging old enough to say this?-- Mayer's blog post about douchiness has set the proverbial blogging "world on fire."
It's a masterful blog, one to study. First, Mayer calls to attention a common 21st-century archetype that's floating around, the Douchebag. Being such a new term, I doubt there's a direct style on how to write it, but I'm sticking with the one-word nomenclature here. Using the technically incorrect way to write it differentiates it from the now well-known piece of feminine hygiene. (Truth Three: The Media brings everything from the fringes of society inward.) He skillfully presents the definition of douchebag in its own inflaming, douchey form.
I hadn't realized how much the idea of writing about douches has taken off until I came across Joe Donatelli's blog. Donatelli is an OU alum from the mid-90's whom I found while researching a story for a publication I'm involved in. In his post, he offers more insight on the Douche (an abbreviated but just as stinging for of douchebag) as Mayer's blog emerged when douchedom was relatively a new thing.
We ask, Where has the Douchebag come from? From what hole in the ground has he sprung?
Different theories arise. The one I subscribe to is that douchebags have evolved from the "village idiot" stereotype of old. At the core, the two groups are essentially the same and treated similarly.
The self-esteem phenomenon is what has kept the village idiot alive all this time. In fact, it's brought him to the town center. What infuses the village idiot and makes him a pure douchebag is his or her sense of numb-nutted confidence. The douchebag thrusts himself or herself into the center of attention and is routinely not able to deliver. They live, bask, bathe in shock value.
Watch out, douchebags aren't just the douches you graduated with. You'll find them: in bars, chilling as hillbillies, at dances, even as girls!
Expect a follow-up on this. We're not done with the douches.
October 9, 2008 at 8:04 PM (Truth Three: The Media brings everything from the fringes of society inward.)
Sigh.
October 9, 2008 at 9:47 PM hahah i had to use it
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