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
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  1. conservatives
  2. idiots
  3. veterans
  4. morons
  5. fossils
  6. lunatics
Noun
  • Credit rating agencies typically don’t weigh in on campaigns and political debates, but fiscal conservatives say Wall Street is voicing concerns to those who listen carefully.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.
    — Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of conservatives
Noun
  • Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • And then there’s the culture of the scientists, and these idiots can’t read Dickens.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of idiots
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  • At least 22 Colombian veterans, working for a Florida security contractor, are believed to have been involved in a July 2021 raid on the home of Moïse that resulted in his assassination.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • It is founded by entertainment industry veterans Jana Winograde, Susan Rovner, and Lloyd Braun.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • 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
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  • Attendees can touch fossils, explore the park‘s trees and make art, all while listening to music and eating from local food trucks.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • These fossils preserve records of soft tissues and fine details normally lost.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of fossils
Noun
  • Republicans see an opportunity here, portraying progressive and socialist Democrats as lunatics and communists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of lunatics

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