Duff
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Duff may refer to:
Wildfire terminology
The layer of decomposing organic materials that resides between the mineral soil and the litter layer of freshly fallen twigs, needles, and leaves.Persons
See Duff (surname)As given name:
- Duff Green
- Duff McKagan, former bassist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, current bassist for Velvet Revolver
- Hilary Duff, a pop artist.
- Damien Duff, Irish Football star
- Karen Duffy, MTV personality
Places
- The Duff Islands are an island group northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in the nation of the Solomon Islands.
Other Uses
- Duff is also a nickname for a really attractive guy.
- DUFF refers to "Designated Ugly Fat Friend" in modern teenspeak.
- Duffs is a brand of skate shoes
- duff is everything that collects on the forest floor; mulch.
- duff is a slang term for the bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed; crumbs
- duff is what novice golfers do, and they are sometimes called "duffers"
- Duff, a type of pudding
- Duff Beer, a real beer made in Australia, and a fictional brand of beer featured in The Simpsons, promoted by Duff Man
- Duff's device, in computer science an optimisation for serial copy
- HMS Duff, a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Captain George Duff.
- "Duff" is also used as slang for "rear end", as in "Get off your duff and do something useful!"
- "Up the duff" is a UK/Aus/NZ slang for being pregnant.
- Within science fiction fandom DUFF means the Down Under Fan Fund, a fan fund to bring Australasian members of fandom to North America and vice versa, in alternating years.
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