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January 19, 2007
Up the Duff
Greg (Reject Reality) and his lovely wife Vanessa are expecting their first child. We have been working together on a project (*chuckle*) and my emails to him have included inquiries about his wife and how she's feeling. Greg has been busy reading some books for dads-to-be and mentioned one titled Up the Duff.
Definition: "Up the duff" is an Australian colloquialism meaning pregnant (example "she's up the duff")
Greg writes:
"Up the duff" is a real world view of the whole [pregnancy] process including sane information on what can go wrong. It was written in such a way as to acknowledge the problems, explain the causes and what you can do. This is significantly different to most other books which pride themselves in scaring the bejezus out of flummoxed parents-to-be by effectively telling them that they will be giving birth to an iguana. In some cases with the information you are provided, it really does sound like you've got some form of lizard on the way.
My view is we don't need to be petrified into learning what's going on; we're more than happy to research it properly ourselves.
I told Greg I thought "up the duff" sounded obscene, until he provided the definition for me. I am sure there are other colloquialisms/slang out there from other countries that are equally, uhm, surprising. One of the more distasteful examples of this comes from the good 'ol U.S., knocked up -- among others that just aren't rising to the surface of my brain right now. (Those of you who reside in the U.S. can certainly help fill in the blanks of my mind and deposit your slang in the comments.) For those of you outside the U.S., do chime in with yours!
One more thing. I told Greg his comment about "giving birth to an iguana" and "some form of lizard on the way" made me squirm. Talk about imagery! Eww.
Cindy
Comments
"she's got a bun in the oven"
"preggers"
Brain matter deposited by: zed on January 19, 2007 1:41 PM
aha you do not learn that from an english dictionary :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Joost on January 22, 2007 6:18 PM
and here I thought it was all related to the Simpson's Duff Beer ... (up the Duff at Moe's ??)
Brain matter deposited by: sdy on January 23, 2007 4:06 AM
Joost - We've got plenty more that you wouldn't find in a dictionary :)
Brain matter deposited by: Greg on January 24, 2007 7:14 AM