as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
I've been sitting on my duff all day
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Recent Examples of duff
Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
That’s a political choice, too — the choice by lawmakers unwilling to get off their duffs to bring those costs under control, say, by capping prescription drug prices.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
The structure of the forest floor depends on the quantity of peat, duff, downed logs, and dead trees—perhaps killed by plagues of beetles, which have thrived as global temperatures have risen.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Noun
However, the overused score by Chris Hou at times strikes a duff note.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
That’s a political choice, too — the choice by lawmakers unwilling to get off their duffs to bring those costs under control, say, by capping prescription drug prices.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
The structure of the forest floor depends on the quantity of peat, duff, downed logs, and dead trees—perhaps killed by plagues of beetles, which have thrived as global temperatures have risen.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duff
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Adjective
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In the 2024-25 school year, starting teachers in North Carolina make a base salary of $41,000.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Expansion Pack members, not subscribers on the base NSO tier, and subscribers will be able to buy a wireless GameCube controller to use with it.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jury selection for Karen Read's retrial on murder and other charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, resumes Thursday with just one more seat to fill.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Because Sai's group attended Tribal Council first, she was denied a spot on the Survivor 48 jury and that first seat went to Cedrek instead.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What the narrator has to get away from is the assortment of low-grade humiliations and condescending attitudes she is confronted with every day while clocked in at the restaurant.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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And after a 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde announced the latest blow to his starting staff, saying Zach Eflin would be shut down for a week with a low-grade lat strain.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On the stock market, a similarly lousy 1.96 (with 25 respondents assigned him a 1 out of 5), and a near equally bad 2.10 for his executive orders aimed at law firms – a direct shot at the rule of law that underpins America’s free enterprise system.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Not to anyone who has ever sat through a lousy production of the play, perhaps at college, and found the character’s linguistic errors—his trademark—to be about as funny as athlete’s foot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With a step-through design, smaller wheels, and tight, (relatively) apartment-friendly proportions, long tails are imminently approachable.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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It was photographed on April 6 at magnitude 8.4 with a bright green coma and a thin tail, reported by Sky and Telescope.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their tech lets clothing companies show off a wide variety of sizes and styles—and for a whole lot cheaper.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In Flacco and Pickett, the Browns have two veteran backups on cheap contracts signed only for 2025.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Duff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duff. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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