douche
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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019
Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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.”
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012
Toward evening she was taken out again for half an hour's walk, and before she went to rest had a douche or a swim in the river.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018
Witch-hazel in hot water douches or a weak solution of hot salt water is a wonderful tonic in some cases.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet she had not douched the flame of defiance which she had felt burning within her on the night of Pimpernel Schley's first appearance on the London stage.
From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The Count, deathly pale, his throbbing forehead wet as if douched, drew a long, hissing breath.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax
“Come along, Tony, boy; we shall never wake up till we have douched ourselves with water.”
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018
These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011
In some cases, however, douches work better and the two best things for douching are: tincture of iodine and lactic acid.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
Treatment.—Great improvement usually results from treating coexisting flat-foot, and pain is relieved by rest, massage, and douching.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
