'duff-up' can also mean 'to make pregnant'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:22, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

No it can't.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Of course it can.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Citation needed.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:28, Reply)

No it isn't
slang terms can mean different things to different groups of people, she lives in another part of the country, I heard somewhere that Northerners sometimes use different words for things. I'll try and find a citation for that.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:30, Reply)

We divven't, like.
It's southerners that use different words for things. You call lemonade 'beer' for instance.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 May 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Don't forget our invisible 'r's
barth
grarss
parth
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Well, quite.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 May 2010, 11:37, Reply)

So it should be in use in that context somewhere on the internet, then,
surely?

They do have the internet up north, don't they? Someone there would probably have added it to, say, urbandictionary.com, I would imagine.

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=duffing%20up

3 definitions, none of which refers to pregnancy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:36, Reply)

No internet up North today, the coal delivery was delayed by an outbreak of poverty all over the M6

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Ugh. Repulsive.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:37, Reply)

I'm here.
As is Gary. No break in service. Anyway, Monty's of fucking Scottish heritage, the patchwork skirt-wearing, ginger, heart attack waiting to happen.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 May 2010, 11:39, Reply)

You forgot alcoholic and servant of the English

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:39, Reply)

That too.
Monty's so servile he pretends to be one of them.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 May 2010, 11:40, Reply)

Worst teeth in Europe too.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:41, Reply)

Shurrup ya mong!
I knows it cos we says it
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I think they mean this.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=up+the+duff
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:41, Reply)

So do I.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:41, Reply)

me too
I agree with you

duffed up = beaten up
up the duff = pregnant

NO CROSSOVER!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:43, Reply)

There is round here
God shurrup the lorra yez.
Just because you find it impenetrable, doesn't mean we can't handle it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:45, Reply)

we all know you lot can't use the language properly

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:46, Reply)

It's rich and varied
We'll do with it what we wish.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:47, Reply)

what's it ever done to you?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:49, Reply)

I'm not abusing it
I'm merely using it
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:50, Reply)

there's a fine line between them
you and your kind have crossed that line.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Shut it
you goblin
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 12:04, Reply)

*gobbles*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 12:18, Reply)

She's not impenetrable, either.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 11 May 2010, 11:49, Reply)

GUV!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:50, Reply)

No
I've heard you can duff her up the duffer for 12 duffin' pence.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Spoken like a true woman.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 11 May 2010, 12:01, Reply)

You didn't say it isn't you said it can't.
Which is stupid.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:50, Reply)

"She's duffed-up"
"NO! Who by?"
"Wayne"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:32, Reply)

You fookin wot, la?

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Ey! Ey!
Ya fookin' stoody!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Smelly!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:47, Reply)

"Where ya goin'?"
"T'town t'buy some trackies and trainies" *hock, spit*
(Actual conversation I overheard in Aigburth)
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:48, Reply)

I've heard the phrase "Smart black trackie...
for a funeral"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:51, Reply)

What do you call a Scouser in a suit?
The Defendant.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Ah, tracksuits... so versatile.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:53, Reply)

AND smart black trainies!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Suitable for every occasion!
Never have to worry about being overdressed!
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 12:02, Reply)

Ere, mayte!
I nicked sum proper nice trackies from jjb wiv ar Kev last week. Reebok an shit, innit?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:52, Reply)

And all the Scals
Tuck their shellsuits into their socks...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:53, Reply)

That appears to be on the wane though
Not that they look any better for it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Black trackies into white socks usually.
Makes my eyes hurt. They've a long way to go before they look half decent.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I asked a Scal once why they did it
He said "So when yer nickin' stuff it don't fall out the bottom o' yer trackies."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:57, Reply)

yeah but even the ones who aren't robbers
have considered it the height of fashion
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 12:00, Reply)

"She's duffed-up"
"Who did she duff up?"
"No, she's pregnant."
"Why didn't you say that then? Silly Scousers."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Worreva
We only say it messing anyway.
In real and worrying circumstances about a person we are bothered about or related to, it would be 'having a baby'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Surely that would be "up-duff"?
As in, "After Monty had duffed-up Porky, he set about up-duffing the poor feller's missus."
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:24, Reply)

No.
You are 'duffed' or 'up the duff' when you have been 'duffed'
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:29, Reply)

But 'duffed' rather than 'duffed-up'?
Don't make me you duff you up.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:32, Reply)

You can say 'duffed-up' too!
And I know you can because we SAY it and people KNOW what we mean!
*tuts*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:33, Reply)

But did you know what I meant just then
when I threatened to duff you up?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:41, Reply)

Normally the context means that we know

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:46, Reply)

DAMN THIS LACK OF LOGIC AND CLARITY

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 11 May 2010, 11:48, Reply)