New Fragrance

By Matthew Yglesias
Funny: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/08/new-fragrance/46013/ Via Brian Beutler. I wonder how the term "douche" came to have its present meaning. Apparently, the OED's 1967 reference has it meaning "an unattractive co-ed. By extension, any individual whom the speaker desires to deprecate."

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