Duwess 

Generally, a retarded and/or deaf person's version of the actual English word "Duress"

Little Johnny was under duwess when he signed the contract to sell his legos to Little Jimmy; therefore the contract is invalid.

Duwess by Richard Hoch May 28, 2008

dudess 

A feminine counterpart to the masculine word dude.

"Dude" may perhaps have its origins from the word "duds" (always plural) as in "clothes" or "dress" as one (1883) definition of "dude" means "a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner".

Has been in use since, at least the late 1800s.

Proof of this can be found in it's usage in Mark Twain's book "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" published in 1889 and also in an 1885 article in "Weekly New Mexican Review" where the words "dudes" and "dudesses" are used to describe actors in an operetta.

Young lady, you most certainly are a well-dressed dudess.

dudess by Skarpo February 11, 2010

dudess 

1. A lady friend who feels you and is always fun to talk to without being necessarily having coitus with you.

2. A girl with whom boys easily share what’s in their minds and can always ask for advice and compassion.

3. Close friend from the female sex.

1.Teo is my dudess!

2. Hey dudess, tell me about the cake you made the other night!

dudess by Orag December 14, 2010

ducess 

like later. im outta here. see ya.

Hey i gotta go. ducess.

ducess by itbeemiko September 13, 2009

Dudess 

A female; a girl
A stylish, confident and an elegant yet laid-back girl.

Dudess, haven't you read that book yet?

Dudess by DudessAna March 14, 2014

fancy duress 

The act of being made to participate in fancy dress when you clearly dislike fancy dress.

I didn't want to do fancy dress but my man made me do fancy duress otherwise he would of been pissed with me.

fancy duress by rhino_tut_uk June 1, 2011

stress and duress

Newspeak for torture, used by the CIA and its allies. "Stress and duress" tactics are used in interrogations, and refer to a variety of tortures and forms of mistreatment which the CIA thinks are OK. These include:
sleep deprivation
overload of light
complete darkness
stripping and sexually humiliating prisoners
threatening to torture and rape prisoners
threatening prisoners' families
making prisoners stand, sit etc. in uncomfortable positions to induce pain
denial of satisfaction of basic rights and needs such as food, bedding, clothing and exercise
deliberate cultural insensitivity and intolerance
verbal abuse
use of painful "restraint" techniques
beatings

These techniques are widespread also in US prisons, although nominally illegal. They are more widely used in deregulated offshore gulags such as Guantanamo Bay, abu Ghraib in Iraq and Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan.

Don't be fooled - these tactics ARE TORTURE, and are defined as such both by the UN and by experts in trauma. Their role is to break down the sense of personality of the prisoner and to deliberately induce psychological trauma and crisis.

They are directly referred to in CIA handbooks - so the photos from abu Ghraib show a systematic pattern of torture, NOT rogue acts by a few stupid/evil/misguided soldiers.

stress and duress by Andy May 7, 2004