dodo

noun

ˈdō-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce dodo (audio)
Definition of dodonext
1
as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers

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2
as in idiot
a stupid person she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets

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Recent Examples of dodo The process has yet to be peer reviewed, but the company is pitching the technology as a step toward one of the company’s goals of resurrecting extinct dodo and moa birds. — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 20 May 2026 Lamm told The New York Post that the company believes the moa could return by the early 2030s, while the dodo could be revived within four or five years. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 Colossal is already working on artificial eggs that would be big enough for the dodo and moa embryos. — Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026 The team will spend the next six months ensuring the chickens are healthy and can reproduce, before potentially using the eggs to birth dodos. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dodo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodo
  1. fossil
  2. moron
  3. conservative
  4. stupid
  5. veteran
  6. loser
  7. fogy
  8. mossback
Noun
  • This union of fossil energy and physical resources is consummated in those regions building infrastructure for private mobility, which rapidly escalated after the Second World War.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • To get a closer look at these details, paleontologists relied on neutron imaging to see the lighter elements present in the fossils as well as X-ray imaging to look at the heavier ones.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fossil
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  • God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
  • Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • Elsewhere in Semafor, Ben Smith recapped an off-site debate between conservatives about the threats created by AI.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There's also the daunting task of keeping young conservatives engaged at a time when many of them are unhappy with party leaders.
    — Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of conservative
Noun
  • My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of stupid
Noun
  • After Ekwonu ruptured his patellar tendon in the playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the Panthers signed veteran tackle Rasheed Walker to a one-year deal in free agency, then drafted Freeling with the 19th pick a month later.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Sharperson, a producer and veteran actor, has more than 20 years of network television and commercial experience.
    — E'Ian West, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of veteran
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  • Not to mention his owner, Charlie Brown, perhaps the most lovable loser ever drawn.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
  • There was no way Weekend Predictions could be the biggest local loser in Week 1.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of loser
Noun
  • There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For the benefit of us old fogies?
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of fogy
Noun
  • This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
Definition of mossback

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