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Duff (surname) The surname Duff has several origins. In some cases, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic languages, Gaelic ''Ó Duibh'' ("descendant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Giolla Duibh'' ("son of the servant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Duibh'' ("son of ''Dubh''"). The s ...

Duff (given name) Duff is a given name, almost always masculine, which may refer to: Men * Dub, King of Scotland (died 967), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm * Duff Bruce, Scottish footballer in the 1920s * Duff Cooley (1873–1937), American baseball play ...

* Duff (nickname) *

Karen Duffy Karen "Duff" Duffy (born May 23, 1962) is an American writer, model, television personality, and actress. She is a certified hospital chaplain, a former Coney Island Mermaid Queen, and one of ''People'' Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Women" in 1 ...

, an actress, model, and former MTV VJ once known as "Duff" * Duff Roman, on-air name of Canadian radio personality and executive David Mostoway (born 1938)

Places

Duff, Indiana Duff is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Duff was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Duff, Nebraska Duff is an unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Duff, Tennessee, United States, an unincorporated community * Duff, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village * Duff Hill, a mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland * Duff River, a river in County Sligo, Ireland * Duff Islands, in the Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean *

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 *

Mount Duff (Yakutat) Mount Duff, also named Boundary Peak 174, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Southern Icefield Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains. It was named in 1923 for Sir Lyman Poor ...

, a Canadian mountain on the border between Alberta and British Columbia * Duff Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica *

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 Nor ...

, Greenwich Island, Antarctica

Arts and entertainment

* ''The DUFF'' (novel), by Kody Keplinger ** ''

The DUFF ''The DUFF'' (teen slang for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend") is a 2015 American 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 Whitman, ...

'', a 2015 film based on the Keplinger novel *

Duff Beer Duff Beer is a brand of beer that originated as a fictional beverage on the American animated series ''The Simpsons''. Beers using the Duff branding have been brewed in a number of countries, resulting in legal battles with varying results. An ...

, a fictional brand of beer on ''The Simpsons'' *

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 sh ...

, a fictional character on ''Tiny Toon''

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Duff (dessert) Duff is a Bahamian cuisine dessert dish made with fruit (especially guava) in a dough. Fruit is folded into the dough and boiled, then served with a sauce. Ingredients include fruit, butter, sugar, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, flour, rum, pepper ...

, 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 has fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent ...

, plant material that has fallen to the ground * Duff, slang term for

buttocks The buttocks (: 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 of a lay ...

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 * , two British Royal Navy frigates * ''Duff'' (1794 ship), a British merchant ship *

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 Scotland and is a Category A listed building. The house is built of ashlar in ...

, Banff, Scotland *

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 C ...

, Owosso, Michigan, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places *

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 created by ...

Daf Daf (), also known as dâyere and riq, is an Iranian frame drum musical instrument, also used in popular and classical music in Persian-influenced South and Central Asia, such as in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, many ...

, 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 gestation, gestates inside a woman's uterus. A multiple birth, multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Conception (biology), Conception usually occurs ...

. *

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. The method is generally inefficient. The reaction is named after J ...

, a formylation reaction used in organic chemistry

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