Duck is a very lame, boring, easy, or useless thing. It's mostly used as an insult, or to say a person isn't very cool or nice.
Hero is an interesting, yet difficult thing. It's used to say something or someone is really cool, nice, or poular
Duck to Hero is a term used as a scale measurement. It would be used to compare things.
"On a scale of Duck to Hero, how hard do you think the test was?"
"That swim practice was really Hero, we had to swim a 200 butterfly."
"She's such a Duck! She didn't know what -9+-7 was!"
OMG! Suzy is such a Hero! She is like, the coolest girl in the grade!"
A shot of vodka, drunk from a child size glass featuring pictures of ducks.
I had three ducks last night, but I felt fine so I filled another to the feet.
Michael drank a duck to the feet, but his tolerance is low, so he is sodden to the gills.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.