Monday, August 11, 2008

The Russians Do It Again In the South of France

The children will recall that in mid-July there were rumors and reports that property crazy Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was in the process of buying the legendary estate in the South of France called La Leopolda.

Now, some of the better newspapers in London are reporting that filthy rich widow and international socialite Lily Safra has sold her cream colored confection and its entensive gardens for a mind numbing £390,000,000 to some Russian billionaire who wishes to remain anonymous. Pleeze.

Your Mama would want to remain anonymous too if we were foolish enough to pay £390,000,000 for a damn house, a number that our bejeweled abacus tells us converts to a blistering and unimaginable $753,216,240.

We are not impressed. Actually, we're sorta embarrassed for the anonymous billionaire. But then again, it was Your Mama the man was trying to impress with his beyond extravagant purchase.

106 comments:

Anonymous said...

let us pray to the lord that there will be no more war. God Help Us

Unknown said...

True; over the top numbers, but have you seen all the acres it comes with? http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49785/view/?service=1

Anonymous said...

If the 'poor' russian billionaire-oligach have that kind of money to burn, why noy buy South Ossetia and Abkasia from Putin and his pseudo-president? Then the fool could give it back to the Georgians. The billionaire stole all of the money under the privatisation of Russia (former: the ugly comunist Soviet Union). Oligach could then be a modern day Robin Hood - Steal from a poor comunist country and give to a poor democratic nation

Anonymous said...

This is a f*in joke.

The house is ugly. And, All the acres it comes with? Looks like it comes with about 5 from that virtualglobe trotter link.

I was gonna fork out this much money, I wouldn't want to be surrounded by the other ugly homes all encouching this one. You should be someplace spectacular with a few hundred acres.

Anonymous said...

The thing with the wealthy Russians is that once they all move to an area all other nationalities leave! I have nothing against any Russian but collectively they are not liked ...

Courchevel 1850 in the French Alps has always been a retreat for wealthy Europeans but the past few years they've all moved on due to the Russians taking over & making the town down market ...

Forte Dei Marmi the Italian beach resort in Tuscany was always a retreat for wealthy Italians - once again the past few years Russians have taken over & all the Italians have left for more low key resorts ...

The same thing is happening on the Riviera, many families who have been vacationing there for decades are going elsewhere ...

St Moritz in the Swiss alps has banned Russians from buying property - though I'm not quite sure of the exact details ...

London is totally overrun by them - as it's their home base or at least their families home base ...

I'm just wondering how long it's going to be until they start to takeover Aspen, Telluride, Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, Palm Beach etc ...

Anyway, anyone who pays $753M for a home ... well, more the fool them ... especially when other wealthy Russians on the Riviera make do with a $100M home!

Anonymous said...

Ever ponder the wealth creation thought for these RUSSIANS. Considering the heavy government regualtion - these big wheels must be real sweathearts..

Anonymous said...

Sometimes I think these Russian Bazillionnaires like the world to know they can splash out hundreds of millions of dollars on a house. Which completely confuses me as to why one would want to remain anonymous.

Anonymous said...

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR

Anonymous said...

Moving along - Boris Berezovsky?

Anonymous said...

Say what you will about the Russians, but good for Lily Safra who just made the best real estate deal of all time.

Anonymous said...

yea her net worth went from 1 billion to 1.8 billion with this sale

thank god for us russians eh ?

Anonymous said...

^

Only a Russian would be foolish enough to pay that amount! It's all about one-upmanship with the Russians & making a show of your wealth, therefore, why the hell are they remaining anonymous?

Anonymous said...

http://newsfromthewest.blogspot.com/2008/02/russias-jewish-oligarchs-from-z.html

Anonymous said...

Wasn't Safra's husband murdered in his penthouse? Is the Safra house the place where that happened?

Anonymous said...

is anyone else really jealous that the russians were able to steal (and get away with)so much wealth/$$$$ kudos to them.

Anonymous said...

anon 11:12

"In 1999, Edmond Safra, a sufferer of Parkinson's disease, perished in a criminal fire at their apartment in Monaco. Lily Safra survived, as she was saved from the fire by the police. An American nurse, Ted Maher, was arrested under suspicion of starting the fire, and was convicted of the crime in 2002. He claimed that he had started the fire to carry out a daring rescue, in order to increase his standing in the Safra family's eyes, but that he lost control of the fire. The facts and assertions about the events have been scrutinized by several media "mystery solvers" including 60 Minutes and by Dominick Dunne in Vanity Fair."
-wiki

Anonymous said...

Why does everyone hate the russians seems a little ridiculous. Yes a lot are very nouveau riche but I like that you need to see them to mix up the wealthy crowd. Plently on Rodeo Drive mixed with all the nationalities.

Anonymous said...

an great aerial of the stunning home for the curious...

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49785/view/?service=1

Anonymous said...

12:25 - It is the usual "have nots" jealous of the "haves".

Anonymous said...

"It is the usual "have nots" jealous of the "haves" .."

Uh - hardly! ... many European families with very famous surnames [that you'd recognise] & with billions in the bank have been leaving Courchevel, Lake Como, South of France ... It has nothing to do with jealousy, it's that once the Russians arrive everything goes slightly trashy ... Flashing money around is deemed fairly vulgar in most of the Western world ... & the classless/vulgar comments are not solely for the Russians - just look back at the archives regarding the Saperstein [sp?] mansion in LA - owned by a texan!

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the Russians are "printing" money like the North Koreans were.

And LOL on the people who state that the "have nots" are complaining about the "haves"

I for one wouldn't want to "have" obscene wealth like some people.

You'd never know who your friends are.

Anonymous said...

This property is beyond gorgeous. Too bad a nature reserve or park preserve could not have been made of it. Just another showpiece for an oligarch. Bah!

lil' gay boy said...

Serge, Anon 4:05,

Mama does not like the use of such language (and neither do most of us chillruns, too); Anon 4:05, I assume you're quoting in the same disbelief I read it with.

Anyhoo, y'all should know by now that the kind of bulge in a man's pants that attracts our Mama is not made by his wallet…

Anonymous said...

wow, there are no words, so why even try :)

Anonymous said...

3:10,

I stand by my comment about the haves and have nots. And you state a perfect example of the "have nots" on this blog getting pissy about the "haves" with your comment about the Sapersteins.

Anonymous said...

3:10,

I stand by my comment about the haves and have nots. And you state a perfect example of the "have nots" on this blog getting pissy about the "haves" with your comment about the Sapersteins.

Anonymous said...

Well to the ultra euro snob of old money vs. the new. A war they have been losing rapidly for years. Where are all the old money families going? If they ran them off from the traditional spots st.mortiz,st.tropez,monte carlo,nice where are they going now???

Anonymous said...

Just looked at the house on virtual globetrotting. Why Why Why would anyone pay that for the home. its next to a low grade apartment building and the neighborhood is okay with some an i mean some large homes but i would def not pay for that house I was expecting all out fabulosity not beautiful grounds surronded by mediocre surroundings.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, that News from the West blog isn't exactly sunshine and roses, either. Looks like we got some haytaz here.

Anonymous said...

Look the name nigger has already lost it's negative definition, now it has so many different meanings, everyone, black, white, chinese, philipino, gays they all call each other nigger, but if you are white, asian, latin, you do not call a black man nigger, they will still lose it and the funny thing is that word lets some ignorant idiots end up in prison, jail or worse, over this retarded word, it is just a word that has been used to death.

The word that is as bad as nigger is monday, or vinegar

now with that said, us russians live in our own little world, we travel in large packs, we are loud, we are crude and although we are civil to each other up to a point if an outsider is trying to tell us what to do we will come down on them like a pack of wolves and fuck them up very bad, we are the best out there in the pimp game, extortion game and that is the reason so many non russians are leaving these tourist destinations that we migrate to and we are glad to see them go, we are have been locked up in cages for decades and now with our new found wealth we are going crazy, we are gods, hence the term "white nigger".

Anonymous said...

serge, with all due respect, you aren't going to make ANY friends around here by continually using a word that IS considered VERY OFFENSIVE in the US. I could care less what Russians think of the word but PLEASE stop using it here. Your posts are short lived anyway as Mama will remove them when she gets settled into a hotel with a G&T and WiFi.

Anonymous said...

Um, OK.

Anonymous said...

Dang, a minute too late...

Anonymous said...

now the word moolie that is still offensive and it is a very mean word.

lil' gay boy said...

Serge,

Learn to quit while you're ahead –– no amount of rationalizing or self-justification is going to undo the fact that you're just plain wrong to use that word in public, where you don't know who your audience is.

Monday??? Vinegar??? C'mon, Serge, you know better.

Anonymous said...

okay cock lover you win

you should be called lcb

little cock boy

don't you find that sick ?

us russians hate cock lovers unless they are women

Anonymous said...

No, no. You win. I insist.

Anonymous said...

excuse me for my son's disturbing behavior, serge, he is a good little boy but he does not know the world.

he is banned from the computer, again my apologies

Anonymous said...

Is it just me or is "serge" just a new personality of you-know-who coming out of the woodwork to disrupt the comments while he knows Mama isn't around with the spoon? Kind of an odd coincidence...

Alessandra said...

Here's a wooden spoon, Mrs. Krasnvka. And some soap. Good luck.

Anonymous said...

no anon it is not average joe he is in europe I have not seen him anywhere on these posts in quite a while and besides he is always complaining about how he cannot buy any homes and that they need to come down. This is a different person entirely

Anonymous said...

and I am 14 so I know by the time that I am adult "nigger" will be a non issue, my friends all call each other nigger or nigga, chinese, japanese, white, black, it is a word of friendship

we do not understand the big deal ? why would people kill each other over that word ? anyone ?

Anonymous said...

and mr. sharpton, mr. king preachers they sometimes come over to meet up with my dad and ask for money for god, why ? don't they have enough of their own ? does god need money ?

Anonymous said...

Why kill? Ask youself! The Serge is killin' lotsa Eye-rakis!

Anonymous said...

If I had billions of dollars, I would, consider paying an exorbitant sum maybe for one of the Vanderbilt mansions in Newport, or Hyde Park, or Biltmore House in NC, but that's about it...the Russian's are paying these sums for houses not to show off but because they desperately want to have bases outside of Russia for when it falls back into a dictatorship under Putin and they all have to flee to avoid the consequences of their actions since the Cold War ended...

Anonymous said...

No, no, Serge's killin' them terraces!

Anonymous said...

big daddy j

bing !!!!!!

you win the prize !!!!!!!!

that is exactly why my dad and his friends are buying up real estate in london, they know it will stay up for years to come and if it falls they are connected so deep into europeans secret societies that they can force their highend market to stay up, NY and LA not so much.

Anonymous said...

strong arm tactics and torture are still okay in Europe, in US not so much

Anonymous said...

Wow. That is beyond extravagant.

www.fabulouslylizy.com

Anonymous said...

Wow lizy-are you are really into yourself. Sorry, this isn't a lonely hearts club. Buy an ad.

Anonymous said...

From the 9:46 post forward, "serge" has proved to be the same troll that disrupts this board under a variety of names. Time for the children to ignore and not respond to him and he will hopefully go back to his sky is falling blog.

chris said...

The display of so much wealth and money seems to have brought out the worst in many posters. That said, I read on one site that Bill Gates bought this place at one time for about 75 million. I presume he sold it for more afterward, but he should have held on and really cleaned up. Wonder when Lily Safra got it. She used to live with her husband in Monte Carlo until he became toast. Did she take the pickings and buy this place?

BTW it's kinda nice to see ex-Commie Russians making DeGeneres, etc. and Winfrey look like poor cheapskates who have to make do with humble abodes. As the world turns.

chris said...

Sorry, my error. The place Safra sold was the ex-abode of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, not La Leopolda. And the Windsor abode is much less impressive, although quite enough even so. Therefore the price paid does seem way beyond reason. Even for a billionaire. Maybe the Duke and Duchess's ghosts still inhabit it, so it is really something special. Suppose?

chris said...

There are two properties being talked about here: the Villa Leopolda and the Chateau de la Croe. Which one has been purchased for the ridiculous price? La Leopolda does not fit the description of "cream colored" while the Chateau de la Croe does. Which one belonged to Lily Safra?

chris said...

There are two properties being talked about here: the Villa Leopolda and the Chateau de la Croe. Which one has been purchased for the ridiculous price? La Leopolda does not fit the description of "cream colored" while the Chateau de la Croe does. Which one belonged to Lily Safra?

Anonymous said...

Villa Leopolda is the one that sold for 390M pounds. Chateau de la Croe was purchased by Roman Abramovich a while ago for ~20M Euros.

Mama,

You and the rest of your readers should see the property for sale a stone's throw due south of Villa Leopolda. It's a smaller house and plot, but much less gaudy and better views of the bay. Only 70 million Euros.

@ Microsoft Live Maps:
http://tinyurl.com/62yswy

Anonymous said...

That 70 million is on the market for a looong time . it does not look like 30.000 sqft like the realtor says. 55 million tops. My fav right now is an ALMOST 3000 sqft house in Cap-d'Ail for 4 million Euro. Amazing view and 5 minutes from Monte Carlo Casino.

Anonymous said...

and I like thought that I was the one that liked to wasted money!

Anonymous said...

I guess it is true what they say.

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

Too bad all pale in comparison to our Mama.

Anonymous said...

MAMA IS GOING TO OPEN A CAN OF WHOOP-ASS ON YA'LL

StPaulSnowman said...

All this malicious drivel has probably driven even Mama away. She is probably swinging along the open road giving much appreciated tummy-rubs to Beverly. I hope she gets the big electronic eraser out soon.

Anonymous said...

this place is obviously not worth it's most recent aelling price. This was simply Simone wanting to hold a record, and ensuring it is not beat within his lifetime.

Do you really think this buy would ever find anyone else to pay almost a billion dollars for an estate?

I do hope the buyer had many billions of dollars, because if this is someone worth 2-3 billion dollars, he just threw 1/3 to a 1/2 of his net worth down the toilet. He will never recooperate his purchase price if chooses to or is forced to sell.

Anonymous said...

Oh, really Average Joe? You must be a billionaire then. Someone so fabulously wealthy must be on the Forbes list, and all over the internet. Furthermore, you must be very powerful, and unafraid of all us peasants, so why don't you tell us who you are, give us your real name, so we can verify your immense wealth and power.

I love how people make ridiculous claims over the internet, trying to impress anonymous readers, while being totally anonymous themselves. Are these delusions of grandeur so gratifying?

Anonymous said...

My wealth is secret. I don't even tell my mother! I have to change my own bed sheets so she doesn't look under the mattress. I would be at the top of the Forbes list but it is a joke! I can buy and sell this whole country!!!!

I have to go now. I will be sailing around the world in my 1000 foot yacht with 7 playmates. One for each day of the week. You wish you were me.

StPaulSnowman said...

Vintage megalomania 101. Textbook psychopathology.

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Anonymous said...

It's refreshing to know that Average Joe is such a douchebag that despite his alleged wealth, he still both lives with his mother and apparently cannot afford staff to change his sheets...I also like that despite his allegedly being in St. Tropez ignoring this blog, the second it is implied that douchebag Serge is him (though his name is never mentioned), he miraculously pops up to defend himself using his other alias...Douchebag is the only word that comes to mind...and Mama, can't you track this douchebag's IP address or something and ban him once and for all? He is really ruining your blog.

Anonymous said...

Real average joe here

just to let you know I am not

wealthy just well off

and I am not a billionaire

although I am most certainly getting there.

FYI I have a IP multiplier as I am sure many others do in my line of work so tracking IP addresses are futile

Although I think 1 billion is a bit much for 5 acres of dirt, I have heard that russia is going back to communism or dictatorship and these russian billionaires will lose their income from oil, steel, gas industries

so.....

the rich russians are buying up real estate in europe because they can keep the prices up by the manipulation of local governments.

make no mistake these rich russians have an army of 2000 gangsters that can keep everyone in line in another country, but they are no match against 50000000 in the military which as you can see the BEAR unleashes on those that who not want to cooperate, I only pray that the BEAR does not decide it is time to feast on Europe anytime soon.

The only country that would stand a chance going up against Russia is China

and that my friends is a very scary scenario.

Anonymous said...

Think PUTIN bought it... He a dictator now - so why throw 750M away on a lavish villa in a democracy?
Other most likely Russian buyers could be Oleg Deripaska, Alexei Mordashov or Mikhail Fridman. - All Russian gangsters.
Forbes list of world billionaires is worth nothing... This year list did not include Mr. Maersk McKinney Moeller, who controlles a cool 60% of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group (company controles +10% of all container transport in the world and has a huge oilbusiness as well) - in 2007 forbes estimated his wealth to be $ 1,8 billion - Europan medias report a wealth of more than $ 30 billion...

Anonymous said...

slice you up an orange that is

Queen of the Universe said...

WOW. My comment pales in comparison to some of these. Geeze.

Imagine the amount of hungry children that could be fed with that money or diseases that could be irraticated...

Anonymous said...

134.69.x.x is Occidental College in Echo Park.

Nice try pretending to be me. I am in St Tropez and you are not.

Anonymous said...

All the children know "average joe" is that guy on youtube with the "average joe's army" and his get-rich-quick pyramid scheme selling energy drinks. That is why he is so fixated on Russ Weiner.

Anonymous said...

I just made a giant pitcher of White Russians, who wants ice?

Anonymous said...

Wow! You guys crack me up!
It is so true when they say "when the cat is away the mice will play" Someone is in for a lickin when Momma gets back. C'mon guys does it really matter who lives where with however much money or not. We all enjoy and love this blog lets just stick to the subject at hand Real Estalking. Be kind to each other and remember that we are all human beings.
Smile all!!!

Anonymous said...

MAKE ME A STIFF ONE

StPaulSnowman said...

It's just about time for Mama to reappear and give us some cagey details about her upcoming TV show. I am hoping the sensors won't dumb her down and dull the edge. I personally hope Aunt Mary will appear as the talented sidekick to Mama's Carol Burnette.

Anonymous said...

Maybe the buyer is Putin.....bet he has more $$$ then Buffet.

Anonymous said...

I dont care where you are a@@hole

I am in St. Tropez

Anonymous said...

there are two average joe's now ?

uh the horror !!!!

Unknown said...

Earlier in this very upsetting trail was a mention that this place didn't have an ocean view. More inviting views(as there should be) at these prices!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blog.radiomontecarlo.net/media/blogs/dimaggio.php/leo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members3.boardhost.com/Beneluxroyal/msg/1216829559.html&h=294&w=460&sz=21&hl=en&start=2&sig2=KMbH2YaV13sdl-WM6r_bEA&um=1&tbnid=r9jrN9NGHcqLYM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=128&ei=2mSjSOTsOqqkpAT_m6jPDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLa%2BLeopolda.%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GGIH_enUS236US236%26sa%3DN

Anonymous said...

THAT JERK IS PRETENDING TO BE ME ! !

HE IS A LOSSER !

I WENT TO IBIZA LAST MONTH NOW I AM IN ST TROPEZ

WE ARE NO WHERE NEAR THE BOTTOM YET. LA TIMES SAYS EXPECT TO START LOOKING FOR THE BOTTOM IN 2010-2012

I AM GLAD I DID NOT BUY YET! ! !

Anonymous said...

NO JAG OFF I AM FUCKING AVERAGE JOE AND I AM IN IBIZA NOT ST TROPEZ

and

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE RE MARKET

I THOUGHT I DID BUT I DON'T

NO ONE DOES

IT MAY GO DOWN ANOTHER 150%

esp with the new resets coming around the corner. The bottom may not hit until 2028 we may be in this funk for at least another 10 years, then again it may go back up in a year, but who know's

what I do know is that certain parts of london and france will continue to go up as the rest of the world tanks, why ?

because the russian billionaires are supporting those areas

Anonymous said...

excuse me my mistake

the bottom may not hit until 2018 10 years from now

right now buyers are catching falling knives in certain areas.

Anonymous said...

im a dousche

Anonymous said...

douche

Anonymous said...

The real average joe has been confined to a padded room and is heavily sedated. I'm sorry but I can not tell you the name of the hospital, he only went to Ibiza in his head. We're hoping that the new medication will enable him to lead a normal lfe later this year.
Very sorry for his outbursts here, he also seems to think that his name is Serge sometimes.

Anonymous said...

omfg. where is mama

Anonymous said...

omfg. where is mama

Anonymous said...

Seriously, mama....you need to come home. The children are out-of-control unruly and need to be spanked!

Anonymous said...

It's a shame some people are so stupid they can't even keep their lies straight, and so mentally ill they cannot corral all of their multiple personalities...all I know is, if I were in St Tropez or Ibiza, I'd be out in the sun scoring chicks, not sitting on my computer making up multiple personalities to ramble on a blog several times a day...Average Joe, you are correct, you (and Serge, and Average Joe }, and whatever other names you go by, are indeed the definition of a douchebag...why you think you have any credibility at all on this blog is a testimony in itself to your ignorance of what a loser you are...please leave this kind blog alone for people who can speak truthfully and actually have something clever and Creative to say...

Anonymous said...

and I have a laptop actually 5 of them 4 for back up, and while I am typing this I am on the beach under the stars in ibiza chillaxing

so fake mama

you can fuck off

good day

Anonymous said...

I am the real Average Joe. I am tired of the fakes. I am in St Tropez. 5 laptops? ? ? That is soo stupid. I have 1 laptop I bring with me everywhere for business.

The fake average joe above is a douchebag

The market will stop falling in 2012

Anonymous said...

cuse me, what a dirt bag

not a douche bag because that is a cool word

you are a dirt bag average grandpa shmoe

or average trout joe

Anonymous said...

I guess Mama is too good for her blog now that she her own fancy TV show and all.

Louisa said...

Wow, I was hoping we were all adults on this blog...while Mama is away her children should quit responding to all the hate and childish behavior of others. She will be dissapointed!!

Anonymous said...

Wow,

Average Joe and his personas are the energizer bunny of blog annoyances, they just keep going, and going, and going....LOL

Where's Mama! Help!

Anonymous said...

No bigdaddyj

it is just me

I have no idea who these other yokel blokes are

good day sir

Anonymous said...

Boys. Boys. You're both pretty. Now STHU!

Anonymous said...

average joe I can buy you out 1000 times over

you are a fucking loser just accept it

Ibiza is full of young hotties, college babes

Ibiza is heaven

cougars are psycho, they are derranged

like I said the douche bag is the one that buys a round of drinks for the club, dinner for everyone at the restaurant, just so that everyone can he or she has arrived

a douche bag owns buildings, night clubs, movie studios and much much more

a douche bag lives the life others dream about and they call him or her a douche bag because they are jealous because they cannot get the girls, high end cars or high end real estate

hell even abromvich has been called one, he does not give a shit

I do not give a shit

further more

average joe you are weak and you sound like a loony so maybe cougars is what you need.

Anonymous said...

so you are right you belong in St Tropez

and while you are at it you will find a lot of cougars at club med, or nudie swinging singles trips.

StPaulSnowman said...

LGB..........Now, where the stable boy diddling took place would be worth 750,000,000. What a magnificent property!
Ok Mama.......we get it........we miss you, now leave us a dropping and put an end to the anarchy.

Anonymous said...

wow who knew there were trolls on a lil ole real estate site.

I fear our mama must be hunkered down in some dreadful red roof inn or something...

Anonymous said...

This just in from the LA Times (via Curbed LA)

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Reporter Ann Brenoff of the LA Times Hot Property section is reporting that Ed McMahon (poor, poor Ed McMahon) is being saved from eviction by Donald Trump. Fuck, what? Yeah, we said Donald Trump. "Trump said he stepped in because helping McMahon "would be an honor." His plan is to buy the home from the lender and lease it back to McMahon."
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We now return to the mental instability that is Average Joe posting back and forth to himself in an effort to draw attention his direction.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Ed will have to take his teeth out to thank the Donald?

Anonymous said...

Definition of Douche Bag -

1: A piece of equipment for douching: a bag for holding the water or fluid used in douching (vaginal irrigation, rinsing of the vagina)

2: Douche bag, or simply douche, is considered to be a pejorative term in Australia, the Philippines, Ireland, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The slang usage of the term dates back to the 1960s. The metaphor of identifying a person as a douche is intended to associate a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and malice.

3: Average Joe