The act of leaving a bar, restaurant, or other social gathering, usually serving alcohol, without informing your friends or party in advance, or only sharing the information with a select one/few before your departure. Chicago Southside in origin.
"Hey, anyone see Mick?"
"Ahh, the bastard musta pulled the Murphy Duck..."
"FFS... My ex just showed up. I'm gonna pull a Murphy Duck out the back before she sees me. Later..."
Means fuck off in a northern English ‘polite ‘ manner
The big beast is here , ‘tell him ‘ run ya duck !!!’
The Master or leader of a duck hunting trip.
Well what the DUCK MASTER says goes.
A response to one up someone saying “fuck a duck”.
(both friends high...)
Friend 1: well, fuck a duck
Friend 2: oh yeah? Two duck fuck!
What you say when you nutted in a duck
You:yo i nutted in a duck last night
Friend: yo wtf
an unsuccessful person or thing
Politics:
-An elected official whose power is reduced because the person who will replace them has already been elected
-A person who still has time to serve in an elected position despite not being elected again in a recent election, with the result that the person has no real power.
-Examples-
---Finally, highly fractionalised parties in government enervated the authority of the executive and rendered prime ministers vulnerable to the problem of the lame duck.
---Therefore, in a perfect election, during the sitting president's lame duck period, the president-elect usually signals only obliquely that there will be a ritual burial of the predecessor.
Business:
-An unsuccessful person, thing, or organization:
-A person in a position of authority in a company or organization whose power is reduced because their time in the job is about to end:
-Examples-
---This is regarded by many as a lame-duck initiative that has failed to deliver its promises.
This is regarded by many as a lame duck initiative that has failed to deliver its promises.