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Schrödinger's douchebag

/ˌʃɹoʊdɪŋɚz ˈduːʃˌbæɡ/

Schrödinger's douchebag noun: a person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.

Noun

Schrödinger's douchebag (plural Schrödinger's douchebags)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
    • "Schrödinger’s douchebag" [i]s someone who makes an unacceptable remark and then waits to see the reaction before declaring retrospectively whether they meant it for real or were "just joking".2016 August 27, Mark Thompson, “From Trump to Brexit rhetoric: how today's politicians have got away with words”, in The Guardian, retrieved 24 Sep 2023
    • Schrodinger's douchebag refers to someone who tests what they say before taking responsibility for what they've said.2019 August 14, Gyles Brandreth, Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English, →ISBN, retrieved 24 Sep 2023, page 218

Forms of Schrödinger's douchebag

pluralSchrödinger's douchebags

Origin of Schrödinger's douchebag

By analogy with Schrödinger's cat.

Questions about Schrödinger's douchebag

What does Schrödinger's douchebag mean?
Schrödinger's douchebag means a person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.
What part of speech is Schrödinger's douchebag?
Schrödinger's douchebag is a noun.
How do you pronounce Schrödinger's douchebag?
Schrödinger's douchebag is pronounced /ˌʃɹoʊdɪŋɚz ˈduːʃˌbæɡ/.
What is the plural of Schrödinger's douchebag?
The plural of Schrödinger's douchebag is Schrödinger's douchebags.

Words near Schrödinger's douchebag in the dictionary

  1. Schrödinger wave function
  2. Schrödinger wave functions
  3. Schrödinger's
  4. Schrödinger's cat
  5. Schrödinger's cats
  6. Schrödinger's douchebag
  7. Schrödinger's douchebags
  8. Schrödinger's equation
  9. Schrödinger's equations
  10. Schrödinger's kitten
  11. Schrödinger's kittens

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