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
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 May 2025
And as many as 40% prefer sitting on their duff to exercising.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Not a single duff performance, in a long, long career.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Low fire danger indicates fuels not igniting easily from small embers, fires potentially starting in duff or dry wood from an intense heat source and easy to control fires.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 May 2025
And as many as 40% prefer sitting on their duff to exercising.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
Not a single duff performance, in a long, long career.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duff
Noun
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Aspen, Colorado In 1989, when a five-star, ski-in, ski-out hotel called the Little Nell opened on the site of a ski-bum bar, Aspen left its counterculture hippie days in the dust and transitioned to an A-list playground.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
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The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This is actually an AI persona that has become the standard or base persona for that LLM.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Pavelois will receive $260,000 as a base salary.—
Alicia Fabbre,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That aircraft is expected to sit in the 200-seat class, a core segment of the global airline market.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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To his right, his friend Will is asleep in the aisle seat; to his left is his ex Lucy, watching tv.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The system can also run on low-grade heat from waste sources or solar collectors, reducing energy demands.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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The capsaicin in chili peppers may modestly increase metabolism and help low-grade inflammation.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The result of two drops to both cheeks and forehead each?—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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Squirrel-like Skwovets and Greedents hoard their berries and jam their cheeks with food as a Fearow flaps its wings overhead.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There is a lot of ground not covered here, but the long and short of it is, this cat-and-mouse thriller is too predictable and its two main leads are a rather lousy detective and an equally unimpressive killer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Wind made conditions even chillier and the overnight cold refroze roads early Monday in a cruel reprise of the weekend’s lousy travel weather.—
Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of the springer or girder front suspension and semi-hard-tail frame of the original, the Chief Vintage uses modern but stylized front forks and discreet twin rear shocks that mimic the unsprung frame of the post-war bikes.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the photos, her favorite items in the living room include a blue-and-white mosaic whale-tail sculpture and white ceramic alligator bookends.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The older one does Warners cartoon bits, really old-fashioned, cheap-ass funny vaudeville stuff.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Jan. 2026
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Amazon’s selection, however, renewed my faith in cheap-and-cheerful bottoms.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Duff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duff. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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