Duff may refer to:
People
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Duff (surname)
The surname Duff has several origins. In some cases, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Ó Duibh'' ("descendant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Giolla Duibh'' ("son of the servant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Duibh'' ("son of ''Dubh''"). The surname ''Duff'' i ...
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Duff (given name)
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Duff (nickname)
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Karen Duffy, an actress, model, and former MTV VJ once known as "Duff"
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Duff Roman, on-air name of Canadian radio personality and executive David Mostoway (born 1938)
Places
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Duff, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated community
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Duff, Nebraska
Duff is an unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across t ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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Duff, Tennessee
Duff is an unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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Duff, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village
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Duff Hill
Duff Hill () at , is the 78th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 97th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", C ...
, a mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland
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Duff River
The River Duff, or Bunduff, () is a river in County Sligo and County Leitrim, Ireland. The River Duff is long, flowing from Glenade Valley in County Leitrim to the sea. In County Leitrim it is also known as the Black River. It is joined by the ...
, a river in County Sligo, Ireland
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Duff Islands
The Duff Islands are a small island group lying to the northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. They are also sometimes known as the Wilson Islands.
Location and geography
The islands are located at 9°5 ...
, in the Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean
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Mount Duff
Mount Duff, also called Auorotini in the Mangarevan language, is the highest peak on the island of Mangareva in the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. It has an elevation of 441 m. The peak was named by James Wilson after the ship '' Duff'', ...
, Mangareva Island, French Polynesia
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Mount Duff (Yakutat), a Canadian mountain on the border between Alberta and British Columbia
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Duff Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Duff Point
Duff Point is a point on Archar Peninsula forming the western extremity of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name ''Duffs Straits'' was applied to McFarlane Strait by James Weddell in 1820–23, after Captain Norwi ...
, Greenwich Island, Antarctica
Arts and entertainment
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''The DUFF'' (novel), by Kody Keplinger
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The DUFF
''The DUFF'' (teen slang for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend") is a 2015 American high school teen comedy film directed by Ari Sandel. The screenplay by Josh Cagan was based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Kody Keplinger. The film stars Mae ...
'', a 2015 film based on the Keplinger novel
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Duff Beer, a fictional brand of beer on ''The Simpsons''
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Elmyra Duff
The ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' animated television series features an extensive cast of characters. The show's central characters are mostly various forms of anthropomorphic animals, based on Looney Tunes characters from earlier films and shows. ...
, a fictional character on ''Tiny Toon''
Other uses
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Duff (dessert), a Bahamian dessert and an English term for pudding
* Duff, another name for
plant litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constitue ...
, plant material that has fallen to the ground
* Duff, slang term for
buttocks
The buttocks (singular: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed ...
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Duff baronets
There have been three creations of baronets with the surname Duff, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extinct while one is extant.
Assheton-Smith, later Duff baronets, of Vaynol Park (1911)
The Assheton-Smith, ...
, three titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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''Duff'' (1794 ship), a British merchant ship
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Duff House
Duff House is a Georgian estate house in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, it is part of the National Galleries of Scotland and is a Category A listed building.
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, Banff, Scotland
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Duff Building
The Duff Building is a commercial structure located at 118 West Exchange Street in Owosso, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
History
The Duff family was established in Owosso by the 1840s, when Charles ...
, Owosso, Michigan, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Down Under Fan Fund
The Down Under Fan Fund, also known as ''DUFF'', was created in 1970 for the purpose of providing funds to bring well-known and popular members of science fiction fandom familiar to fans on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
History
DUFF was creat ...
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Daf
Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbe ...
, also called duff, an Indian frame drum of Persian origin
* "up the duff", British and Australian English slang for being
pregnant
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins.
Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but ca ...
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Duff reaction The Duff reaction or hexamine aromatic formylation is a formylation reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of benzaldehydes with hexamine as the formyl carbon source. It is named after James Cooper Duff, who was a chemist at the Coll ...
, a formylation reaction used in organic chemistry
See also
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Duff's (disambiguation)
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DUF (disambiguation)
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