Song of The Day: Did I Shave My Legs for This? by Deana Carter
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Song of The Day: Did I Shave My Legs for This? by Deana Carter
VIDEO after the jump… Continue reading
A few months ago I was set up with a guy through a friend who she said I would like. He was great on paper and thanks to Facebook, and the fact that blind dates are no longer 100% blind, I could tell he was pretty cute.
So, I met him for drinks one night after work. We had great conversation, hit it off and spent a few hours getting to know each other. Being a staunch opponent to man jewelry, I did notice that he was wearing a chain, but also being a picky biatch, I decided that sometimes you just have to overlook these things, so I tried my hardest to ignore the gold chain around his neck (it was religious, but still, not into it).
He then asked me on a second date a few days later. We went to a nice dinner and continued to get along. However, half way through dinner I started to pick up that he was a bit socially awkward. When it came to the end of the date, he asked if I wanted to go to his apartment for a drink. I agreed and we started walking. Immediately he warned me that the apartment was a 5th floor walkup.
We have recently become obsessed with the website What Should We Call Me, and in honor of this new fixation I’ve decided to tell the story of my typical date in New York City by using only reality show GIFs.
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When a guy texts me to ask me out, inside I’m like:
But on the outside, I’m all “That’s right, another date. Jealous?”
When it’s time to get ready, I fly into action, taking care of the necessities.
Next step: outfit. If my friends come in and ask what I’m wearing while I’m trying to decide, I’m like:
And then I get a little help with hair and makeup:
More after the jump…
Slate.com recently explored the derivation of the popular term “douche”. Douche (short for douchebag) is such a useful term, one that we use often on this blog. For that reason, we were so excited to learn the history. When did the term become an insult? Here are some highlights from their research…
“The Historical Dictionary of American Slang traces the epithet douche to a 1968 collection of college slang compiled at Brown University, which defined the word as “a person who always does the wrong thing.” The insult douchebag is somewhat older. The 1939 novel Ninety Times Guilty includes a pimp named Jimmy Douchebag, and the Historical Dictionary of American Slang traces the epithetical usage to a 1946 journal article about military slang, which offered the definition “a military misfit.”
“There’s some support for douche as simply a nonspecific term of disparagement, much like its fellow d-words dick, dillweed, and dipshit. In a 2009 New York Times article about the surging popularity of douche in sitcoms, a writer for the show Community said, “You’re always reaching for a more potent way to call somebody a jerk.”
Why yes, in fact we are. And that’s exactly why the term is so useful!
UrbanDictionary.com has an excellent modern definition which we have excerpted here:
“The term “douchebag” generally refers to a male with a certain combination of obnoxious characteristics related to attitude, social ineptitude, public behavior, or outward presentation.
Though the common douchebag thinks he is accepted by the people around him, most of his peers dislike him. He has an inflated sense of self-worth, compounded by a lack of social grace and self-awareness. He behaves inappropriately in public, yet is completely ignorant to how pathetic he appears to others.”
Isn’t that a useful summary? We think so!
To read the full article via Slate: click here
To read the full definition from UrbanDictionary.com: click here
And the Douchiest Shirt Award Goes to…
I recently saw a guy wearing this shirt at the gym. For the record, guys, this is not a good look, nor does it attract the ladiez. This shirt should not be worn anywhere.If you must wear it somewhere, that should be at home, where you hopefully stare at yourself in the mirror for long enough to realize that this shirt will not get you laid.