duff

British for backside

Duff has several unrelated meanings.

It's the decaying organic matter on a forest floor—leaf litter, fallen needles, decomposing debris.

In British slang, duff means worthless or broken: The information turned out to be duff.

Your duff is your backside: Get off your duff and help.

To duff up someone is to beat them.

In cooking, a duff is a boiled or steamed pudding.

dessert

pudding

Creamy thickened sweet dish

currants · raisins · figgy · Christmas · treacle · cloth · custard · brandy sauce · sultanas · spices

humus

leaf litter

Decomposing ground debris

mulch · compost · humus · loam · topsoil · detritus · moldering · peat · leaf mold · nutrients

golf

mishit

Poorly struck shot

skulled · whiff · shank · slice · hook · hacker · bogey · bunker · rough

buttocks

bum

Idle vagrant

behind · posterior · seat · rump · tail · fanny · booty · cheeks · derriere · glutes

worthless

useless

Without practical value

defective · shoddy · faulty · inferior · substandard · dud · bust · kaput · knackered · trash

nickname

Hilary

Name meaning joyful

Plunkett · McCartney · Homer · alias · handle · epithet

Categories
Opposites
quality/functionality

duffworking

In active function

functional · good · excellent · first-rate · impeccable

organic state

duffgreen growth

New vegetation emerging

live plants

correctness/accuracy

duffaccurate

Conforming to fact

correct · reliable · valid · true · genuine

Phrases
Family

duffer, duffs, duffed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G