dodo
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈdoʊdoʊ/
- Offensive
- His outdated ideas about technology make him seem like a dodo among his peers.
- the way of the dodo
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Examples
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When it comes to practical matters, I'm a dodo.
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If he weren't an old dodo, I'd take it out of his hide.
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Now you are no longer a dodo.
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He called you a dodo.
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Yeah, sure makes us parents look like a bunch of dodos, eh?
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You're such a silly dodo.
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He's a dodo, actually.
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You're such a dodo.
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She still dresses like a dodo, wearing clothes that went out of style years ago.
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Some people think that following old trends makes them a dodo in the fashion world.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who is old-fashioned and not trendy
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7.6
Someone whose habits or style are old-fashioned
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9.9
A person with old-fashioned ideas who refuses to change
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8.2
A person who prefers old ways and does not like change
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A person or thing that is very old-fashioned and not useful today
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8.6
An old-fashioned person or thing that is out of date
Antonyms
Idioms
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dodo (the bird's name) came to be used for a person who is old-fashioned or a 'fool'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of someone acting slow or out of date like the tame bird, so calling someone a dodo means they seem foolish or behind the times.