What's the meaning of the phrase 'Up the duff'? 'Up the duff' is a euphemism for pregnant.
in the club (British, slang) up the duff (British, slang, rare) in the family way (archaic) gravid (formal) preggers (British, informal)
Contributor's comments: The word "bubs" was short for "babies".
Up The Duff
This British slang for pregnant has its root in duff, a type of boiled or steamed pudding, as the BBC explained. Pregnant bellies are said to look like pudding, thus the name. It's kind of a stretch, but the term is still popular today.
Noun. bub (plural bubs) (Australia, slang) A baby.
"Bubba" is common in Australia and New Zealand as a noun to refer affectionately to a baby.
informal mainly UK or Australian English. a way of referring to a baby or small child: Until the bump shows and we feel the bub move, the pregnancy doesn't seem real.
preggo (plural preggos) (slang, sometimes offensive) A pregnant person.
The surrogate then carries the baby until birth. They don't have any genetic ties to the child because it wasn't their egg that was used. A gestational surrogate is called the "birth mother." The biological mother, though, is still the woman whose egg was fertilized.
Bebe is an alternate spelling and pronunciation of baby, usually used playfully or affectionately.
Baba - small, rich sponge cake usually soaked in rum.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
Reciprocal IVF at a glance
Reciprocal in vitro fertilization (IVF) for lesbians allows both women to participate in the pregnancy. One woman supplies her eggs, retrieved and fertilized by donated sperm in IVF, with the resulting embryo(s) implanted into her partner for pregnancy as a gestational carrier.
Primagravida refers to a woman carrying her first pregnancy. Multipara or multip refers to a woman who already has one baby.
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"pregnant," 1942, British slang, from pregnant (adj. 1) + ending as in bonkers, crackers, starkers. This seems to be an expanded version of -er (3), the suffix used to make jocular or familiar formations from common or proper names (as in rugger for rugby, and soccer).
(formal) or Vi prego! (plural), all of which mean “Please!” or “I beg you!” They are used when you plead with someone, either because you want them to allow you do something, or you want them to do something for you.
Bub is a term of endearment for your significant other or someone you like. When someone you're dating calls you “bub,” they're using it as a cute pet name instead of calling you your real name. If you hear the term “bub” or see it texted to you, take it as a good sign!
noun. Slang. brother; boy; buddy. used in direct address. Word origin.
Australian and New Zealand slang. a. a baby.
Today "dink" means "double income, no kids" and is applied to modern yuppies!: "I gave him a dink to the station." dinky-double. --verb 1. to convey as a second person on a horse, bicycle or motorcycle.
"effeminate man, male homosexual," c. 1850, perhaps a corruption of puff. The Australian extended form poofter is attested from 1910.
Filo is an Aussie slang word short for Filipinos in Australia. Artisan means a special craft (food or art) that is made in a traditional way using high-quality ingredients or materials and is usually produced in small volumes (not for mass production).
Many Australians also have a 'middle name', which is a secondary personal name written between the person's first name and their family name. For example, Emily Claire TAYLOR's middle name is 'Claire'. Middle names are optional and are rarely used in daily life.