dodoes

noun

variants or dodos
plural of dodo
1
as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers

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

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Recent Examples of dodoes After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025 Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodoes
  1. conservatives
  2. idiots
  3. veterans
  4. morons
  5. fossils
  6. lunatics
Noun
  • Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But some prominent conservatives in recent years have called for its elimination, saying the federal government should get out of the education business at every level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of conservatives
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  • Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • Many members are military veterans, making that mission personal.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Congress granted veterans who served at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune an exception because of severe groundwater contamination that sickened thousands of veterans and their families who served and lived on the base between 1953 and 1987.
    — Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of veterans
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  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • Dinosaurs roamed the Earth for about 180 million years, but only a few thousand near-complete fossils have been discovered.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Lambert, who grew up searching for fossils in England, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that a squirrel happened to draw his attention toward the rock near a riverbank.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of fossils
Noun
  • While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The lunatics are running the asylum.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of lunatics

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