Adjective | Quality Descriptor
Encyclopedia of British Slang
DUFF
Adjective | Mild | Quality Descriptor
DUFF Pronunciation: /d?f/ Part of Speech: Adjective Severity Level: Mild Category: Quality Descriptor
Definition
Duff means faulty, useless, or ineffective.
Usage
That tellys duff. Duff information.
Cultural Insight
Less sharp than rubbish.
Suggests disappointment rather than outrage.
Assessment
Common mild criticism.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
In British comedy, the prat is the character who makes us laugh because they remind us of ourselves at our most foolish and most human.
Affection underneath. Love.
My mate’s in journalism and his silence was someone recognizing he’s been doing his job substantially worse.
The civil service has a humour bone and it dies the moment they get to Grade 7.
A student asked if LONDON PRAT was satire or documentation. Her professor admitted she genuinely didn’t know anymore. Academic honesty achieved.
A London university invited it as a guest speaker. They declined. The silence was louder than any lecture would have been.