duckitude: to live life with resilience and optimism, to live in the present, to display duckiness, to feel ducky. Feeling ducky means feeling good, fine, or wonderful. The most significant historical and traditional aspect of "duckitude" is optimsim and resilience as noted in the almost ancient phrase -- "Like water off a duck's back." "The hard times were like water off a duck's back for him/her."
Resilience is not *just* about optimism — irony and an ironic perspective about the absurdness of many aspects of life can help keep a ducky floating upright. You can say the words “just ducky” in a tone that conveys, “things are really fine” or you can say it with a tone that translates “not even close to ducky.”
For those who are much more analytical, please note that the attitude of a ducky *is* different than the attitude of a duck, but similar. So, if that most popular duck-related quote is “he/she handled it just like water off a duck’s back” is true of ducks then it is three times more true of a rubber ducky.
Eckhart Tolle, the author of “A New Earth” and “The Power of Now,” offers us another view of “duckitude.” In both books, Tolle observes that when two ducks get into a tussle, they end it by flapping their wings and swimming off. As far as he can tell, they don’t stay mad – they don’t carry a grudge. They flap their wings and get on with life. The “duck lesson,” according to Tolle is “Flap your wings, which translates as ‘let go of the story.’” The human mind, in other words, often gets attached to THE STORY and relives it over and over again, thus, living mostly in the past and not in the present.
If you have duckitude, then you can be said to be duckified — kind of like dignified, but duckier. Use of the word might include “let’s go out and duckify the world” or “I am living the duckified life."
For those who are much more analytical, please note that the attitude of a ducky *is* different than the attitude of a duck, but similar. So, if that most popular duck-related quote is “he/she handled it just like water off a duck’s back” is true of ducks then it is three times more true of a rubber ducky.
Eckhart Tolle, the author of “A New Earth” and “The Power of Now,” offers us another view of “duckitude.” In both books, Tolle observes that when two ducks get into a tussle, they end it by flapping their wings and swimming off. As far as he can tell, they don’t stay mad – they don’t carry a grudge. They flap their wings and get on with life. The “duck lesson,” according to Tolle is “Flap your wings, which translates as ‘let go of the story.’” The human mind, in other words, often gets attached to THE STORY and relives it over and over again, thus, living mostly in the past and not in the present.
If you have duckitude, then you can be said to be duckified — kind of like dignified, but duckier. Use of the word might include “let’s go out and duckify the world” or “I am living the duckified life."
by rebelmage September 9, 2010
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1. A duck with attitude
2. The attitude of a duck
3. The extreme measures of the inner duck
4. Elite skills which ducks use to find their precise way around difficult situations
5. The ability of a ducks inner conscience
2. The attitude of a duck
3. The extreme measures of the inner duck
4. Elite skills which ducks use to find their precise way around difficult situations
5. The ability of a ducks inner conscience
by kl_ducks January 28, 2005
Get the duckitude mug.1. An extremely precise metric measurement of the level of "suck" contained within a person, place, thing, event or action.
2.The quality, attribute, or characteristic of suck. Measured in units of "suck"
2.The quality, attribute, or characteristic of suck. Measured in units of "suck"
1.Jill has amazing levels of suckitude, she bailed again. She's almost suckatronic!
2.Jill's suckitude became apparent when she did not show up for the St.Patty's day festivities.
2.Jill's suckitude became apparent when she did not show up for the St.Patty's day festivities.
by Little j of Flylife March 17, 2003
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Get the suckitude mug.Someone with the attitude of a dick.
Someone who cops a sudden bad attitude when asked to do something.
Someone who cops a sudden bad attitude when asked to do something.
Ray has such a dicktude today.
Instead of talking to a friendly customer service rep, I spoke to a guy with a real dicktude.
Jared is obviously not a morning person, he woke up with a real dicktude.
Instead of talking to a friendly customer service rep, I spoke to a guy with a real dicktude.
Jared is obviously not a morning person, he woke up with a real dicktude.
by Tulip Juicyfruit December 22, 2009
Get the Dicktude mug.Noun: Used to describe something that is a wreck and absolute trash or rubbish. Comes from Wreck, Dreck/Drek, and Attitude. In reference to anything from exaggerated and over inflated claims, a bad personality, and especially horrible style, or awful modeling, and everything in between.
When asked by Tyra Banks what he thought of the model's style of a black tee and slashed black leggings, Andre Leon Talley replied "Dreckitude."
The cliché pose and bad modeling of the contestant made the judge proclaim that the model's photo was dreckitude.
The second episode of Cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model was named "Dreckitude!".
The cliché pose and bad modeling of the contestant made the judge proclaim that the model's photo was dreckitude.
The second episode of Cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model was named "Dreckitude!".
by Tiffany_M15 March 18, 2010
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I swear, she was totally up to her ass in dorkitude this morning.
by Betty Bettyo April 22, 2008
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