douche boat
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Noun
[edit]douche boat (plural douche boats)
- (US, Vietnam War, slang) A river craft outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon capable of destroying enemy encampments.
- 2006, Andrew Wiest, Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited[1], Osprey Publishing, →ISBN:
- 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, →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, humorous) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
- 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, […]
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[edit]- (rude or obnoxious person): see also Thesaurus:jerk.