Kaczy kuper
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What it means
Literally “duck’s rump.” Describes a hairstyle where the hair at the back is styled to curl upward like a duck’s tail — the Polish name for the ducktail or DA haircut, popular in the 1950s–60s. Also used humorously for any hair sticking up at the back.
Vocabulary
- kaczka — duck
- kuper — rump, backside (of a bird); colloquial for buttocks
Grammar note
'Kaczy' is the adjective from 'kaczka' — nominative masculine agreeing with 'kuper'.
Cultural context
The ducktail hairstyle was associated with Polish 'bikiniarze' — the Polish equivalent of teddy boys or greasers in the 1950s.
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