The origins of the phrase “Up the duff” are unclear. It was said to be British slang originally, but it first appeared in print in Australia in 1941 in Sydney John Baker’s Dictionary of Australian Slang. 🙂 Australia has a very rich and colorful slang especially from the period of WW1 to WW2, and later. 🙂
I found this site to be a good resource from the UK for slang, phrases and idioms, and where I checked “Up the duff”. 🙂
OT: How did you go with that music video I posted Steve? Did that proxy s/w help? 🙂
]]>Mr. Duff, Mr. Weiner’s wife is pregnant because he actually has physical, real life contact with her, rather than sending messages.
As for illegality – Mr. Weiner’s alleged use of Congressional resources might be in violation of House rules, but those rules are not laws, and violating them is not, therefore, illegal. Words have meanings, especially in the law.
The last time there was a similar incident, When then-Congressman Vitter, a Republican of Louisiana was arranging engagements with ladies of negotiable affection on the floor of the House during votes, Mr. Vitter was elected to the Senate. I’m not sure that Mr. Weiner wants to be a Senator, but if that’s the penalty, he will have to accept it, as Democrats and Republicans must be treated equally.
Kryten, my objection to the mention of the former governor of Alaska is based on her irrelevancy. I see no reason to keep bringing up the fact that she is willfully ignorant of nearly everything as that is what endears her to her followers, and allows her to make a great deal of money. Consider that she makes more than three times the annual starting salary for a high school history teacher in the state of Florida for a speech, and that doesn’t include the costs of catering to her travel and lodging requirements. She is a “celebrity”, someone famous for being famous.
]]>TDS – June 06, 2011 – Maziar Bahari
The interview with Mr Bahari was interesting (and surprisingly amusing) also. 🙂
Also, the next episode had a full sketch on Wiener (and Jon does a stupid thing and injures himself! Be warned… there is blood.) errrrm… Oh, yes… There is a good interview with Fareed Zakaria about the economy. 😉 🙂
]]>To recap:
John Ensign (R-Nevada): actually, like, poked his mistress.
Anthony Weiner (D-New York): sent a photo of his poker.
John Edwards (D-North Carolina): Actually, like, poked his mistress.
Anthony Weiner (D-New York): sent a photo of his poker.
Dave Vitter (R-Louisiana): Actually, liked, poked a bunch of prostitutes while wearin’ diapers.
Anthony Weiner (D-New York): sent a photo of his poker.
Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas): Actually, like, poked *one* orifice of his mistress, if perhaps not the one folks usually associate with the word “sex”.
Anthony Weiner (D-New York): sent a photo of his poker.
Next up: Dear Mr. Duffer will tell me that if I deliver to him a photo of a platter of fish and chips, it’s the exact same thing as actually delivering fish and chips to his flat. I mean, that’s what the poor sod’s been telling us, that a photo is the exact same thing as, well, the real thing, right? So he has nobody to blame but himself next time he orders delivery and receives a photo rather than the expected food, because the photo is the exact same thing as the food, right? Right? 😈
– Badtux the Snarky Penguin
]]>LOL @ Steve… Brushing up on your quint UK/Aussie slang m8? 😀 The phrase “Up the Duff has been used to denote a pregnant (usually unwed) woman, but originally ‘duff’ was and alternate form for dough, and was used before the current slang phrase to denote a pudding. I find the original meaning more apt. 🙂
Note that in those Victorian times the definition of a euphemistic term for pregnancy relied on another euphemism.
Dough is another word for pudding and duff is an alternative form and pronunciation of dough. That was in use by 1840, as here from R. H. Dana in Before the Mast:
“To enhance the value of the Sabbath to the crew, they are allowed on that day a pudding, or, as it is called, a ‘duff’.”
So, we travel this route – (up the) duff -> dough -> pudding -> penis -> pregnant.
The more recent ‘bun in the oven’, another slang phrase for pregnant, may originate this way too.
Yeah… I couldn’t resist! 😈
As we know Bryan, unlawful sexual conduct is not a scandal if:
1. You are a member of the GOP (Gang of Perverts), A fundamentalist Ministry that supports the Gang of Perverts, one of the ‘Tea Party’ groups (a subset of the GOP) or are one of the wealthy elites that supports the GOP or a member of a GOP Fundamentalist Ministry (or one of the GOP PAC’s or one of the many GOP Lobby Groups.
2. You proclaim loudly and often your strenuous support for family values, the sanctity of Marriage (this is only necessary if one is conducting an extramarital affair with another consenting Adult of either sex) morals, ethics and strong Christian values (this last is especially necessary if one of the members of set #1 is predominantly interested in adolescent (and pre-adolescent) partners of either sex rather than adults, and especially if they are unwilling partners). It is, of course, understood that these pronouncements are meant for everyone else, and not for the person orating said pronouncements. To become a member of the set #1 above, one must first and foremost prove that one strenuously believes in the principal of “Do as I say, not as I do!” and secondly in the principal of “The Laws and rules do not apply to us”, and thirdly that one can only be considered “One of us” (set #1) if you believe everything another member of set #1 utters without question or any thought (as is amply proven by our resident Trollop above).
It’s a rather succinct summary, but I think covers it. It should be noted that to become a member of set #1, intelligence is not a requirement, and in fact is likely to be a hindrance. However, some base cunning, a degree of cleverness (though, the ability to tie ones own shoe-laces makes one suspect of being ‘too clever by half’), greed, self-interest (but not to the exclusion of other members of the group, in which case, a member is expected to be quite generous, in fact, being an extreme sociopath would be considered an advantage), and the ability to lie convincingly, are requirement’s for membership.
]]>Johnny is finally getting a little help on the home front!
Love ya,
S
]]>Ah! you mean, making her “up the Duff,” don’t you? You Brits have such quaint expressions involving your names…
]]>In case you missed it, John Edwards was blasted by everyone for his behavior, as was Eliot Spitzer. Edwards took the bigger hit because he was trying to play the “family values” card, and Spitzer for breaking the law.
]]>Jams, the really kinky episodes are reserved for Fundamentalist preachers.
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