Can you be doused in anything besides petrol?

Banjaxed82

The word 'doused' is not nearly used enough, but only ever in relation to petrol. Are there other things to be doused in?

AlmightyCushion

Jizz

shygal

piss

maddragon

Leopards fanny batter

Remmy

Custard

pabloh999

Doused? Maybe not.
Blasted? Definitely yes

An Coilean

You could certainly be doused in paraffin.

rolliepoley

lies.

Ruudi_Mentari

Clunge

discus

bumjuice

Skid X

Doused is a contronym.

It means both to cover in and to extinguish.

'He was doused in petrol by the rioters'

'The flames were doused by the Fire Brigade'

humbert

Skid X wrote: »

Doused is a contronym.

It means both to cover in and to extinguish.

'He was doused in petrol by the rioters'

'The flames were doused by the Fire Brigade'

I don't see how those two meanings are contradictory.

0066ad

Tar and feathers.

podgemonster

Bitches

PizzamanIRL

Diesel.

Pretzill

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Diesel.

Anything that can be drenched in can be doused in - use a liquid of your choice be creative - Lynx - thats something that smells as though the wearer was doused in it - perhaps the potential to be inflammable has something to do with it

_Whimsical_

You can be doused in perfume and aftershave!
Doused referring to perfume is common parlance anyway.

PizzamanIRL

Pretzill wrote: »

Anything that can be drenched in can be doused in - use a liquid of your choice be creative - Lynx - thats something that smells as though the wearer was doused in it - perhaps the potential to be inflammable has something to do with it

Vinegar

nocoverart

Vinegar? Hello! I said fookin VINEGAR!!! I can't belive nobody said VINEGAR!

Pretzill

nocoverart wrote: »

Vinegar? Hello! I said fookin VINEGAR!!! I can't belive nobody said VINEGAR!

yum chips doused in salt + vineger -

AngryHippie

nocoverart wrote: »

Vinegar? Hello! I said fookin VINEGAR!!! I can't belive nobody said VINEGAR!

It's AH !

Vinegar should probably be the very last thing mentioned, after the usual P!ss, Jizz, Fanny Batter, Sh1te, scutter, Mung, cowsh1t, horse p!ss, whale spunk, elephant spunk, donkey p!ss etc. etc.

Wompa1

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

The word 'doused' is not nearly used enough, but only ever in relation to petrol. Are there other things to be doused in?

This was in my local news today: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22130285/2013/05/01/woman-burned

So, yes. You can be doused in lye I guess...

kumate_champ07

fecal matter

Ruudi_Mentari

Douse this guy in petrol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KL9IrcxJA

I'll provide the match

Smidge

I'm fairly sure that you can be doused in the fiery rhetoric of your enemies.

Ruu

Doused in warm water.

Call Me Jimmy

She was doused in arousal. <--- Opening line of my big novel that I'm writing.

Fr_Dougal

Ciba-Geigy.

maddragon

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

She was doused in arousal. <--- Opening line of my big novel that I'm writing.

Is that you Charles Dickens

Wacker The Attacker

bovril and lube

smcgiff

Is this a secretly suicidal thread for the flammably challenged?

gugleguy

Kerosene as used in jets on any airline. Expensive and not as accessible to joe public as say petrol.

Frank Black

Holy Water.

Sunnyisland

Alcohol, I am sure many of the people would love it :-)

WindSock

You can be damhsed in funk.

Andrew_Doran

Talcum powder.

Plazaman

Sheep placenta. Well according to Bear Grylls anyway.

"I had just finished my cup of urine when I lost my footing and fell into a dead sheep. I was doused in it's placenta and had to chew my way out......"

jjll

paint stripper

Riesen_Meal

Nail Varnish Remover - the one in the big purple bottle

A young pyro in me always used to set bottles of it alight, much to the mother's chagrin....

osarusan

go to the BYU COCA online corpus here and type in the word doused. You will get a good idea about what kind of words it collocates with. After you type it in and ckick enter, you'll need to click on the word again to see the results.

http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

Off-topic, but I believe the strongest collocation in the english language is the word 'dulcet' with 'tones'.

kirb42

DILLY....Dilly No Douse... I couldn't resist...

AnonoBoy

You can be doused in failure.

Just ask Brendan O'Connor.

I Heart Internet

kirb42 wrote: »

DILLY....Dilly No Douse... I couldn't resist...

That brings me back!!

Where's that line/song from??

AnonoBoy

I Heart Internet wrote: »

That brings me back!!

Where's that line/song from??

Be prepared for NOSTALGIA!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjzOujh_ebk

latenia

In a similiar vein we have the word encrusted which only seems to apply either to jewels or fecal matter.

"Aw man my pants are encrusted...

...with rubies "

AnonoBoy

latenia wrote: »

In a similiar vein we have the word encrusted which only seems to apply either to jewels or fecal matter.

"Aw man my pants are encrusted...

...with rubies "

'Encrusted' is used for food too.


"These delicious chicken fillets are encrusted with bacon, herbs..... and fecal matter. "

Call Me Jimmy

maddragon wrote: »

Is that you Charles Dickens

'tis!

wendell borton

C8H18

Rastadoyle

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

The word 'doused' is not nearly used enough, but only ever in relation to petrol. Are there other things to be doused in?

ya in your vomit

Capt'n Midnight

humbert wrote: »

I don't see how those two meanings are contradictory.

the opposite of solvent is insolvent

But with dousing it's like flammable vs. inflammable