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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “time of origin + why canoe?”) Shitgibbon compound of douche +‎ canoe.

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douchecanoe (plural douchecanoes)

  1. (vulgar, slang, humorous) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
    • 2011, Sarah Wendell, Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels[1], Sourcebooks Casablanca, published 2011, →ISBN:
      Not being a complete douchecanoe is the first step in being your own ideal romance hero or heroine—and it's absolutely an attainable ideal.
    • 2011, Jeff Wilser, Michael H. Yost, The Man Cave Book[2], HarperCollins, published 2011, →ISBN:
      Never brag. It's good to have a healthy pride in your [man] cave. It's not good to be a douchecanoe about it.
    • 2013, Amy Lane, Forever Promised[3], Dreamspinner Press, published 2013, →ISBN:
      [] No, Collin didn't relay the message—he was too busy signing us up for coaching duty. Why? Because that other guy was a douchecanoe. []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:douchecanoe.

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