douche boat

English

Noun

douche boat (plural douche boats)

(US, Vietnam War, slang) A river craft outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon capable of destroying enemy encampments.
- 2005, William B. Fulton, Mobile Riverine Force: America's Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam, Turner Publishing (2005), →ISBN, page 42:
  Douche boats destroyed two bunkers and accumulated 30 minutes of water time.
- 2006, Andrew Wiest, Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, Osprey Publishing (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
  Other river craft, “dubbed “douche boats,” were equipped with high-pressure water jets that could disintegrate enemy positions, including cement bunkers. The “douche boat” also performed an originally unanticipated support function: its water jets easily gouged out wet docks to expedite on-the-scene repairs for damaged river craft.
- 2006, Gordon Rottman, Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962-75, Osprey Publishing (2006), →ISBN, page 33:
  "Douche boats" had two water cannons that operated at 3,000lb per square inch, and were fed by centrifugal pumps powered by a General Motors 12V-71 diesel engine, pumping 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) per minute through each cannon - over four tons of water a minute.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
- 1997 December 22, crsds, “Re: the yellow brick road...leona and cowardice”, in alt.dreams.castaneda, Usenet‎:
  No one gives a flying fuck what you douche boats write.
- 2010, Casey Rand & Tim Gordon, People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face, Perigee Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):
  Thank you Hope Deli, little Thai lady at Siam Orchid, the Bluetooth Company, random subway goers and douche-boats, […]
- 2013, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Underwater, Berkley (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
  She left England a while back to get away from the douche boat she married.

Synonyms

(rude or obnoxious person): see also Thesaurus:jerk.

单词	douche boat
释义	douche boat English Noun douche boat (plural douche boats) (US, Vietnam War, slang) A river craft outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon capable of destroying enemy encampments. 2005, William B. Fulton, Mobile Riverine Force: America's Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam, Turner Publishing (2005), →ISBN, page 42: Douche boats destroyed two bunkers and accumulated 30 minutes of water time. 2006, Andrew Wiest, Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, Osprey Publishing (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page: Other river craft, “dubbed “douche boats,” were equipped with high-pressure water jets that could disintegrate enemy positions, including cement bunkers. The “douche boat” also performed an originally unanticipated support function: its water jets easily gouged out wet docks to expedite on-the-scene repairs for damaged river craft. 2006, Gordon Rottman, Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962-75, Osprey Publishing (2006), →ISBN, page 33: "Douche boats" had two water cannons that operated at 3,000lb per square inch, and were fed by centrifugal pumps powered by a General Motors 12V-71 diesel engine, pumping 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) per minute through each cannon - over four tons of water a minute. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person. 1997 December 22, crsds, “Re: the yellow brick road...leona and cowardice”, in `alt.dreams.castaneda`, Usenet‎: No one gives a flying fuck what you douche boats write. 2010, Casey Rand & Tim Gordon, People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face, Perigee Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements): Thank you Hope Deli, little Thai lady at Siam Orchid, the Bluetooth Company, random subway goers and douche-boats, […] 2013, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Underwater, Berkley (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page: She left England a while back to get away from the douche boat she married. Synonyms (rude or obnoxious person): see also Thesaurus:jerk.
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