variants
or didos
as in shines
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office
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Noun
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Here's where the Swift Go 16 shines.—
Mark Coppock,
PC Magazine,
21 Sep. 2025 -
But on Elizabeth Street, a ray of light shines.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The right plants and a few space-expanding tricks can transform your small-but-mighty green space.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2025
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Her father sat across from her, doing card tricks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These special relationships can be filled with everything from fun and joy to cruel pranks and teasing.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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Videos have gone viral on TikTok and social media showing people spraying the foul odor in their cars, homes and elevators as pranks.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With over 300 episodes to shoot, there was time for some practical jokes.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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In this melancholy-comic subversion of a rags-to-riches story Karl’s empathetic musings about those less fortunate immigrants foreshadow his subsequent downhill trajectory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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But in the small areas of freedom McAvoy allows himself outside the main thrust of the familiar rags-to-riches-to-regret arc there are sharp little digressions and darker shadowy corners that suggest there’s more to the film, and to McAvoy as a filmmaker, than initially meets the eye.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Didoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didoes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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