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di⋅do

  [dahy-doh]
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–noun, plural -dos, -does. Usually, didos, didoes. Informal.
1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
2. a bauble or trifle.
Origin:
1800–10; orig. uncert.

Di⋅do

  [dahy-doh]
–noun
1. Phoenician, Elissa. Classical Mythology. a queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.
2. a female given name.
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di·do   (dī'dō)   
n.   pl. di·dos or di·does
A mischievous prank or antic; a caper.

[Origin unknown.]
Di·do   (dī'dō)   
n.   Roman Mythology
The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

Dido [(deye-doh)]

In Roman mythology, the founder and queen of Carthage in north Africa. She committed suicide in grief over the departure of her lover, the hero Aeneas.

Note: Dido is an image of the unhappy or unrequited lover.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
DIDO

  1. phr.
    dreck in, dreck out; garbage in, garbage out. (Computers. Acronym. See also dreck. If you get dreckout of a computer, it's because you put dreckin. See also GIGO.) : Look at this stuff that the printer put out. What is it? Oh, well. DIDO.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dido 
"prank, caper," 1807, Amer.Eng. slang, perhaps from the queen in the "Aeneid." Usually in phrase to cut didoes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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