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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by Arkdy on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:19AM (#18664593)
In Trinbagonian dialect, "ducking" is the act of skipping work/school.

See: https://youtu.be/2qunog47EVo for musical reference.

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by owaty on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:49AM (#18664856)
"Ducking" is also a term used in audio mixing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking
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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by faiz7412 on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:00AM (#18664958)
"Are you good at ducking mate? Let's party!"
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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by rhplus on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:59AM (#18665501)
"duck" is also used often in the context of not giving an answer (e.g. "duck the issue"), which is an unfortunate connotation for a search engine.
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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by ljf on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:58AM (#18664942)
Also is in the UK - esp 'Duck Out' - to step out of a meeting or situation.
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